See related: Should I «boost» my frequent
flier miles on an upcoming trip?
2 points / $ 1 spent on participating hotels, stores; 1 point / $ 1 on other purchases; 10,000 points on enrollment; 1:1 transfer of points to frequent
flier miles on 30 major airlines
For instance, you can earn 30,000 frequent
flier miles on United Airlines or American Airlines by spending $ 1,000 in three months on the credit cards they offer in conjunction with banks (Chase's United MileagePlus Explorer card, $ 95 annual fee, waived first year; Citi's Platinum Select AAdvantage World MasterCard, $ 95 annual fee, waived first year).
The incentive is that accounting rules have changed and frequent -
flier miles on your books are a bigger liability than they used to be.
Valuing frequent
flier miles on your tax return — The IRS treats reward miles like coupons or rebates, not like income or expenses.
Should I «boost» my frequent
flier miles on an upcoming trip?
Not exact matches
As a frequent speaker, consultant, and traveler, he racks up frequent
flier miles and, in 2012, decided to give them away to a half dozen people who wanted to fly home for the holidays but couldn't afford to
on their own.
When redeeming your points for airline
miles, you'll notice that transfer ratios depend
on the frequent
flier program you're transferring points to.
Ripplecoin, created in 2011, was built
on the same protocol as Bitcoin but services as a payment system — think of it like a Paypal for cryptocurrencies that supports any fiat currency, cryptocurrency, commodity or even frequent
flier miles.
Assemblymen want to stop elected officials and state employees from cashing in
on frequent
flier travel
miles, free hotel stays gained as a result of taxpayer - funded official state travel
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.
Two years ago I experienced firsthand how business travel can be brutal
on the body when I logged over 100,000 frequent
flier miles.
His goal in life is to reach ten million
miles on his frequent
flier card.
On the verge of reaching five million frequent
flier miles, Ryan is informed by his boss, Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman), that the company is looking to cut corners as well.
A borderline agoraphobe who's picked
on by his seven sisters, he lives alone in a sterile Valley apartment, is prone to sudden violent outbursts of rage and is obsessed with his scheme to acquire 1.5 million frequent -
flier miles by buying Healthy Choice pudding.
In return, you may get points for using the credit card in your purchases which you may redeem as discounts
on your future purchases or as rewards like
flier miles.
Airlines are changing their frequent
flier programs in other ways as well: American Airlines AAL, -0.57 % changed its rewards structure in April (for travel beginning in June) so that for about half the year it will increase its redemption rate to 30,000
miles, up from the previous 25,000
miles, and
on the busiest days will charge 50,000
miles; however, during less busy times, it will lower the rate to 20,000
miles.
They will be willing to bribe you with things like cash - back, frequent
flier miles, and insurance
on your auto rentals, so that they can be your # 1 go - to card.
The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card is a solid travel card for frequent
fliers on Alaska Airlines and Virgin America, offering 3x
miles on direct travel spending and 1x
on all other purchases.
Belkin, who goes by the name BeauBeau
on various travel forums, treats frequent
flier miles like a Wall Street investment banker treats stocks.
As one example, Citibank reportedly has issued 1099s (which report taxable income to both the taxpayer and the IRS)
on frequent
flier miles given as a bonus for opening a bank account.
Last week, Shanna added up frequent
flier miles, hopped
on a plane back to Crete, collected Leon and Gianni, and started home to Seattle.
She has spent thousands of dollars
on newspaper ads (she also regularly advertises in the Westcliffe and Canon City papers) and laminated
fliers; driven thousands of
miles throughout Southern Colorado while checking out every call and clue; and probably shed thousands of tears over her missing companion.
Airline co-branded cards typically offer at least one free checked bag
on domestic flights, as well as priority boarding and, of course, frequent -
flier miles that can be redeemed for free trips.
Travelocity invites you to: «Give us your frequent
flier number, and we'll pass it along to your preferred airline so you can earn
miles on all qualifying published fares.»
-- A frequent
flier wonders if
miles earned
on her organization's card are hers.
American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer - friendly changes to its frequent -
flier program.The new «One - Way Flex Awards» will allow customers to book one - way tickets for half the amount of
miles needed for a round - trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, passengers could only book round - trips to and from the same city and were forced to fly in an award seat of equal value for both legs of the journey.This often made booking award travel an exercise in futility — for example, an award seat might be available only
on an outbound journey, but not the return trip.But now passengers will be able to fly to New York in an award seat, and return in a premium - fare seat if a return award seat is not available.
Each month after your credit card statement closes, the
miles you have earned for purchases
on your American Airlines credit card during that statement period will be deposited into your AAdvantage frequent
flier account.
If your
miles are with United and you were really staying
on top of the deals, for example, you could have booked one of those flights to Hong Kong that United mistakenly gave away
on July 15 for four frequent
flier miles each.
From sleepy air traffic controllers to the neverending saga of frequent -
flier mile redemption, the world of travel news keeps
on spinning.
Frequent
flier miles may live
on after death — Airlines often allow transfers of frequent
flier miles to beneficiaries when a member dies, even if written policies are vague... (See Transfer
miles)
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.
Dear Confused, Your company owns any points earned from charges made
on their corporate card, but you own the frequent
flier miles you're logging.
This week Peter offers advice
on exchanging money and earning frequent -
flier miles with a credit card.
Cathleen McCarthy: Wide body traveler seeks credit card for first - class seat — A horizontally blessed traveler wonders which frequent
flier credit card would give him the best deal
on upgrading to the larger, first - class seats... (See Frequent
flier miles)
Airline exclusions - aka No, you can't earn rewards
on a free rewards flight — Airlines» exclusions policies limit where you can use frequent
flier miles, and that prevents you from earning extra
miles while using your free ones... (See Exclusions)
In addition to booking flights
on American Airlines, you can now book flights
on 8 of the many Oneworld Alliance partner airlines directly
on AA.com using your American Airlines frequent
flier miles.
Over 50 percent of frequent -
flier miles are earned
on the ground, not in the air!
You'll earn American Airlines AAdvantage frequent
flier miles for each purchase you make
on the credit card.
On top of that, Winship says, most frequent
flier seats are seats that would not have sold, so they would have flown empty anyway, making selling
miles at inflated prices even more lucrative for air carriers.
Once you've earned those
miles — whether by flying or by making charges
on a co-branded airline credit card — the airline controls the frequent
flier miles, not the bank that issued the card.
PG: The other interesting thing in the news is that Delta is no longer going to apply an expiration date
on its frequent -
flier miles.
Delta eliminated the expiration date
on its frequent -
flier miles.
Poll: Wealthy prefer cash - back rewards
on their cards — Three out of five wealthy Americans prefer cash - back rewards, choosing them over free hotel stays, concierge services and even frequent
flier miles... (See Cash back)
You should have a frequent
flier account set up for whatever airline you're booked
on and make sure you call the airline or log in each flight online so you get credit for the
miles.
This week Peter offers advice
on travel safety in India and Ghana, using frequent -
flier miles for seat upgrades, airport changes and vetting tour companies.
Cathleen McCarthy: The battle of generic versus frequent
flier miles — A primer
on how both generic credit cards and airline - specific cards offer and redeem travel
miles — and which is best for you.
Pippa Middleton and James Matthews are
on a mission to rack up as many frequent
flier miles as possible during their honeymoon, or so it would appear... Read More
Some frequent
fliers, known as «travel hackers,» take advantage of distance - based programs by earning lots of
miles on cheap flights and then redeeming them for more expensive award tickets.