Not exact matches
These travelers don't just love to fly; they are obsessed with collecting frequent
flier miles at the cheapest possible cost.
He doesn't even bother redeeming his frequent -
flier miles.
Silver didn't knock down the suspicion that he was about making as much money as possible a few years ago when he began defending his bizarre practice of flying on the state's dime from New York City to Albany via Washington, DC, or some other distant spot so he could pick up a few extra frequent
flier miles for his personal use.
So I
did the only rational thing and traded in a bunch of frequent
fliers miles for a ticket to Colombia to follow the Thompson Trail.
The United MileagePlus Club card
does not offer a way to earn elite status or elite - qualifying
miles in the United MileagePlus frequent
flier program.
• Choose airlines that operate in your preferred airport - If you want to redeem your airline
miles with as little hassle as possible, the smartest thing to
do is sign up for frequent
flier programs and rewards credit cards that are affiliated with airlines that operate in your area.
But nowhere
does it say that if you use frequent
flier miles to pay for the flight you can deduct the expense — which means you can't... (See IRS)
Our expert shows you how to
do the math... (See Cashing in
flier miles)
Check flight availability before transferring rewards points — If you don't check flight availability before transferring, you might be stuck with airline
miles that are hard to use... (See Frequent
flier)
We can worry about spending them later, but the great thing about frequent -
flier programs is that you don't have to live on an airplane to earn
miles.
The frequent
flier miles earned as a result of purchases made on American Airlines credit cards are bonus / redeemable
miles and
do not count toward attaining elite status.
For instance, using frequent
flier miles to go to Hawaii over Christmas can be hard to
do.
However, if you're flexible and willing to
do some homework, you should be able to find a deal... (See Negotiating frequent
flier miles)
The United MileagePlus Club card
does not offer a way to earn elite status or elite - qualifying
miles in the United MileagePlus frequent
flier program.
Tricks and tips to keep frequent
flier miles from expiring — You don't have to book a ticket to keep your frequent
flier miles from expiring — you just have to shop.
And Canadians don't get as many credit cards with bonus points as Americans, but I usually collect my frequent
flier miles in other more creative ways.
And
do the same with the frequent
flier miles you've earned!
Wideroe
does not have any U.S. partners for its loyalty program, but
fliers can rack up
miles in the SAS Euro Bonus program, which can be redeemed for Star Alliance flights.
See related: Your rights when dealing with canceled flights, Debunking myths about frequent
flier programs, How to find the best airline rewards bonus
miles deal, Tricks and tips to keep frequent
flier miles from expiring,
Do you lose your
miles if you cancel your rewards card?
With some airlines now setting earlier expiration dates on frequent
flier miles, airline credit card holders who
do not take to the skies on a regular basis are in danger of losing their hard - earned
miles.
Dear Cashing In, I just found out that the
miles that I'm getting on my card don't help me get elite status on my airline's frequent
flier program.
; A CreditCards.com survey of airline blackout dates; Frequent
flier miles: Earn them quickly with these strategies;
Do airline reward programs trump cash reward programs?
Frequent
flier miles help you qualify for a free flight or upgrade, but they don't count toward elite status with an airline.
For
fliers redeeming their
miles, Delta will continue to award tickets by pricing them in
miles, not in actual cash fares, offering different levels of availability as it
does today.»
And, while it may seem that this should lead infrequent
fliers to book on Delta or SouthWest it is now so easy to ensure that your
miles don't ever expire that the consumer can book on any of the airlines mentioned and keep their
miles alive even if they never fly again.
Dear Cashing In, I've heard that buying iTunes through Apple is an inexpensive way to keep frequent
flier miles active but don't know how to
do it.
Most people don't buy frequent
flier miles — they typically earn them by flying, or receive them from using a
miles - earning credit card.
I don't even like to think about the frequent
flier miles I've squandered over a lifetime.
Q:
Do miles earned on airline frequent
flier credit cards expire?
Here's an example: While everyone used to fawn over earning frequent
flier miles to circle the globe, any number of travelers have been - there - and -
done - that and are now looking for experiential rewards that are not focused on travel.
«For
fliers redeeming their
miles, Delta will continue to award tickets by pricing them in
miles, not in actual cash fares, offering different levels of availability as it
does today -LSB-...] Delta plans to introduce a system with up to five tiers of redemption choices so customers will have a wider variety of options, including one - way reward tickets and the ability to redeem tickets using both
miles and cash, Mr. Robertson said.
Will I lose my collected
flier miles by
doing so?
Dear Connie, Points.com is the most established third - party website for trading reward points and frequent
flier miles, but you're your points won't
do you much good there because Citi ThankYou is not among the programs represented.
Dear Fly Guy, Most airlines
do have blackout dates, meaning certain high - traffic days — usually around holidays or peak tourist seasons — when flights can't be booked using frequent
flier miles.
Just as they are
doing on earning frequent
flier miles, some airlines are starting to introduce spending requirements to qualify for elite status.
While only about half of
fliers surveyed have an airline credit card, 59 % of those hold one say they earn more
miles with the card than they
do by flying.
The table
does not take into account the value of certain frequent
flier miles.
For those with frequent
flier miles, don't be shy about cashing them in for your surfing trip as well.
Don't get me wrong there was definitely some legwork as I used a combination of two frequent
flier programs (AA and United) and a combination of Airline credits (American Express Gold Card) and other benefits from a total of three different credit cards to finally purchase these tickets for under $ 200 using approximately 20,000 United
Miles, 27000 Citi Thank you Points and 60,000 American Airlines
miles.
If you didn't earn actual frequent
flier miles directly with an airline — if you earned, for instance, American Express Membership Rewards points, which can be converted to frequent
flier miles — then you would lose any of those points if you close your card or downgrade to a card that is unattached to the Membership Rewards program.
However,
do be aware that if there is no activity in a United frequent
flier account for 18 months, the airline can wipe out all the
miles, so be sure to use at least some of them before then, or have other account activity.
The column that you refer to pointed out that you don't have to declare frequent
flier miles as items of value in bankruptcy proceedings, citing the fact that as a member of the Mileage Plus program, the terms and conditions state that «accrued mileage and certificates
do not constitute property of the member.»
Dear Cashing In, A friend who doesn't fly that much keeps telling me about trips she takes using frequent
flier miles that she and her husband have accumulated with credit cards.
See related: Airline frequent
flier fees and rules, The evolution of frequent
flier cards, A CreditCards.com survey of airline blackout dates, Frequent
flier miles: earn them quickly with these strategies,
Do airline reward programs trump cash reward programs?
See related: How the IRS treats frequent
flier credit card rewards,
Do you lose your
miles if you cancel your rewards card?
The IRS
did, in fact, offer an explanation back in a 2002 announcement involving the practice of individuals earning frequent -
flier miles or promotional benefits as a result of using an airline credit card for their business travel.
What
do you
do when your frequent -
flier miles aren't worth what you thought they were?
But, the BSP
does take care to distinguish «virtual currencies» from «mobile money» - Warcraft gold, Starbucks points and frequent -
flier miles.