While accruing miles was fairly easy, there were a few obstacles in the actual booking process:
Not exact matches
While that's not the best value, award flights booked through Amex Travel do
accrue both redeemable and elite qualifying
miles.
While the number of airlines covered under these travel packages is not as great as the number of SPG transfer partners, this is a great option for those who are looking to
accrue miles in the programs that are available.
While that's not the best value, award flights booked through Amex Travel do
accrue both redeemable and elite qualifying
miles.
It may take a
while to
accrue enough points for a dream vacation and some people may not want to carry cards with annual fees
while they save up points and
miles.
My recent travel patterns have proved this quite well: I've been booking my trips around Europe on EasyJet (a local low - cost carrier), and
accruing no
miles at all,
while refusing to pay considerably higher prices to fly on British Airways which would have boosted my American AAdvantage
miles account quite nicely.
While these routes with Standard awards will be pretty expensive, Singapore Airlines is a transfer partner of American Express, Chase, Citi, and SPG, so it's one of the easiest programs to
accrue miles with.
Some airlines have an expiration date pegged to the original earning date of the
miles (i.e. 18 months after the
miles are
accrued),
while others allow the
miles to remain valid as long as your account is active.
While it's increasingly harder to earn
miles from cheap flights, airlines make it relatively easy to
accrue miles without flying — whether through top credit card offers or by utilizing shopping portals and dining rewards programs.
While 8,000 bonus
miles is not a ton, every little bit helps toward
accruing enough
miles to redeem for awards.
Punish frequent flyers
while increase the earnings opportunities for those
accruing miles through other means.
While increasing CAFE standards will reduce CO2 emissions, the benefits of this approach take time to
accrue and decrease as people increase the number of
miles they drive.