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Avion points are valuable for their transferability to airline miles programs such as American and British Airways.

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You can also earn miles through special rewards programs such as airline dining programs.

Other rewards programs that might be associated with your new unsecured credit card include incentive programs such as airline miles or savings with select vendors.

Credit cards also offer rewards programs which give you perks such as airline miles, discounted hotel and rental car rates, and even cash back on -LSB-...]

Korean Air's SKYPASS frequent flyer program allows you to earn miles and redeem for flights on Korean, Sky Team partners, and additional partner airlines such as Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Aairlines such as Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian AAirlines and Hawaiian AirlinesAirlines.

Perhaps the best part of an overall travel rewards program, though, is that you can often use your rewards in conjunction with other airline rewards, such as frequent flyer miles, to really make the most of your savings.

On the face of it, the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan offers you the same perks that you are likely to find in other airlines» frequent flyer programs such as earning miles whenever you book a flight, special privileges for various tiers and unlocking even more reward opportunities by achieving a higher «elite» status in the frequent flyer program's membershiAirlines Mileage Plan offers you the same perks that you are likely to find in other airlines» frequent flyer programs such as earning miles whenever you book a flight, special privileges for various tiers and unlocking even more reward opportunities by achieving a higher «elite» status in the frequent flyer program's membershiairlines» frequent flyer programs such as earning miles whenever you book a flight, special privileges for various tiers and unlocking even more reward opportunities by achieving a higher «elite» status in the frequent flyer program's membership tiers.

In such cases, keeping a safety reserve of airline miles in your program of choice can provide you with an exit plan at a set cost.

Pretty much everyone who belongs to a frequent - flyer program is familiar with the ubiquitous 12,500 - mile domestic saver one - way award on airlines such as United and American, but what if I told you that you could fly on that very same domestic flight, operated by those very same U.S. - based airlines, for only 7,500 miles?

Also, consider «flexible» points, such as through SPG — which allow you to transfer miles to almost any airline program on a 1:1 basis with a 5,000 bonus for every 20,000 miles transferred.

The merged airline will keep American's AAdvantage program, the second such airline loyalty program in the world and currently the largest, in place, and members of US Airways» Dividend Miles program will be able to transfer their miles to a new or existing AAdvantage account.

While the higher redemptions are usually a way to get gutted for miles, the redemptions that fall on the lower end of these revenue - based programs can be extraordinarily low when compared to region - based programs, such as United and American Airlines.

The first logical level for American Airlines to add would be at the 75,000 miles (to mimic Delta Platinum and United Premier Platinum status) and it's interesting to note (with hindsight) that the airline gave itself room to create exactly such a level when they announced the new revenue based program late last year.

Perhaps the best part of an overall travel rewards program, though, is that you can often use your rewards in conjunction with other airline rewards, such as frequent flyer miles, to really make the most of your savings.

Independent sites such as Rocketmiles.com and PointsHound.com also let users earn up to 10,000 miles per night and provide the flexibility of selecting from a variety of major frequent flyer programs, including the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and United MileagePlus.

Korean Air's SKYPASS frequent flyer program allows you to earn miles and redeem for flights on Korean, Sky Team partners, and additional partner airlines such as Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Aairlines such as Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian AAirlines and Hawaiian AirlinesAirlines.

When it comes to miles & points - earning credit cards, each of their earnings will usually fall into 1 of 3 different areas of travel rewards: 1) Airline credit cards earning miles within specific airline frequent flyer programs, such as Chase United VISA, Delta AMEX... etc.; 2) Hotel credit cards earning points within specific hotel rewards programs such as the Chase Hyatt VISA, Hilton AMEX... etc., 3) Strictly cash - back cards that earn a fixed percentage return (usually from 1 - 2 %) on each purchase which you can then use later to credit travel - related charges such as the Barclay Arrival + or Citi ThaAirline credit cards earning miles within specific airline frequent flyer programs, such as Chase United VISA, Delta AMEX... etc.; 2) Hotel credit cards earning points within specific hotel rewards programs such as the Chase Hyatt VISA, Hilton AMEX... etc., 3) Strictly cash - back cards that earn a fixed percentage return (usually from 1 - 2 %) on each purchase which you can then use later to credit travel - related charges such as the Barclay Arrival + or Citi Thaairline frequent flyer programs, such as Chase United VISA, Delta AMEX... etc.; 2) Hotel credit cards earning points within specific hotel rewards programs such as the Chase Hyatt VISA, Hilton AMEX... etc., 3) Strictly cash - back cards that earn a fixed percentage return (usually from 1 - 2 %) on each purchase which you can then use later to credit travel - related charges such as the Barclay Arrival + or Citi Thank You.

Pro tip: Look for deals on miles or points with your frequent flyer program, such as bonus rewards when you purchase miles directly through the airline.

Since Avianca processes this purchase directly — unlike many programs that sell miles through Points.com — the charge will count as airline spend and should earn the appropriate bonus if using a card such as the Premier Rewards Gold Amex.

Those who want to rack up as many miles as they can in a specific program and gain travel benefits such as free checked bags and priority boarding should choose an airline co-branded credit card such as the Chase United MileagePlus Explorer credit card or the Citi American Airlines credit card.

You might not always be able to get points in your preferred frequent flier program, but it may be possible to make a redemption through a partner, such as using Singapore's KrisFlyer miles to travel on United Airlines.

For example, you can not transfer miles earned from your United MileagePlus Explorer card to your Delta SkyMiles account but you can transfer your SPG Starpoints earned from your American Express SPG credit card to other airline frequent flier programs such as American, Delta and United.

These include flights operated by partner airlines, as well as flights on KLM and Air France that you can book with miles from another program such as Delta Air Lines.

Virtually every airline and hotel program can funnel miles and points to a variety of organizations such as Americares, CARE, Make a Wish, National Children's Cancer Society and the United Way.

If you're a light traveler (you haven't racked up anything close to what you need for a significant award in an airline or hotel program) but are a heavy - duty shopper, you can earn miles and points when shopping online at such merchants as The Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Body Shop and our favorite, Mrs. Field's Cookies.

Via Nights and Flights you can stay at either of those resorts for five nights and then have 50,000 airline miles deposited into your airline account of choice with a program such as Alaska Airlines, Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta, British Airways, and more.

Tickets to the Caribbean typically cost 17,500 miles each way with many miles program such as American Airlines, US Airways, Delta and United Airlines.

So if I need airline miles from a program that is tranferable from both SPG and UR (such as British Airways) I will usually choose UR.

In the past several months, carriers including United, Delta and Southwest Airlines and hotel chains such as Hilton, Starwood and Hyatt have modified their loyalty programs to require more award miles or points to claim certain flights or hotel rooms.

They have to pay for overhead, such as marketing and issuing cards, and partnership fees to airlines and hotels that allow them to offer miles and points in their programs.

They say alternatives such as raising fares is impractical «due to the highly competitive nature of the airline industry» and increasing the number of miles required for a reward would make award travel impossible for many frequent flier program members.

Specialized websites can supply you with up - to - date information on airlines and individual frequent - flyer programs and sometime provide community bulleting boards for asking questions about individual air mile programs, such as whether you can use Delta Sky Miles on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

We don't have frequent flyer status with any airline, or any hotel elite status (since the best luxury hotels, such as Aman Resorts, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental and luxury boutique hotels don't belong to loyalty programs), so our primary miles and points earning is from credit card signup bonuses, category bonuses, and credit card spend.

Although the program devaluated last year, AAdvantage is still my favorite airline loyalty program, because of the numerous promotions (which earn you shiploads of miles) and the interesting airline partners beyond the oneworld alliance (such as Fiji Airways, Tahiti Nui, and — especially — Etihad Airways).