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.
Not exact matches
Accruing credit card
miles without actually traveling or flying works the same way as any other rewards program where you must use your loyalty account number to get credit for online purchases or dining out.
There are a few clever ways for normal people to
accrue tons of
miles without being a corporate flier or super wealthy.
This means that flyers can still
accrue a significant amount of
miles without spending a ton of money or being a top - tier elite member.
Mileage will still be
accrued on MileagePlus credit cards and, if you fly with a Star Alliance partner
without a ticket issued by United, you will still earn
miles the old way: distance flown and fare class.
Bonus award
miles, award
miles and any other
miles earned through non-flight activity, including
without limitation, the MileagePlus ®
miles accrued in connection with your membership with the Panel and completion of Surveys, do not count or qualify for Premier ® status unless expressly stated otherwise.
7.6 Program Violations: Program violations, fraud or abuse in relation to point credit or reward usage is subject to appropriate administrative and / or legal action by appropriate governmental authorities and by ONYX Hospitality Group including,
without limitation, the forfeiture of all point transfers, rewards, or Award Nights issued pursuant to point redemptions and any
accrued points or
miles in your account, as well as cancellation of the account and your future participation in the Program.
Accruing credit card
miles without actually traveling or flying works the same way as any other rewards program where you must use your loyalty account number to get credit for online purchases or dining out.
Another way to
accrue frequent flyer
miles without actually flying frequently (or at all) is to take advantage of the airplane addicts in your network of family and friends.
Having a stockpile of Membership Rewards points gives you the flexibility to book award flights on 17 different airlines
without having to
accrue miles in all of those programs.
We've walked you through
accruing airline
miles without getting on a plane before, so we won't go too in depth here, but here are a few examples that might surprise you:
My wife and I use a credit card to
accrue flight
miles which we then use to fly — mostly overseas
without actually paying for a ticket.