Sentences with phrase «flier miles out»

option b should lower your insurance costs (very low annual mileage) and at least you'll get some frequent flier miles out of your $ 350 a month.

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Some grabbed early Amtrak reservations before many of the trains sold out or, in one woman's case, put 70,000 frequent - flier miles toward a ticket.

Rounding out the platter is a «Today Show» interview with «The Pudding Guy» David Phillips, whose acquisition of a million frequent - flier miles from $ 3000 worth of pudding was the impetus for Punch - Drunk Love.

Ryan jets across the country, handing out pink slips without batting an eye and worrying only about increasing his frequent - flier miles.

Couldn't find another 5 % card out there, so I switched to frequent flier miles cards as fuel prices where going up it seemed like the better way to go.

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.

Our expert lays out the details... (See Selling, sharing frequent flier miles)

You certainly ought to be able to get a penny per mile value out of frequent - flier points.

Hoard your credit card rewards for international flight — If you take just a handful of flights a year, it could take years to get enough frequent flier miles to redeem for a domestic flight, so consider holding out for international travel... (See International flight reward)

American Express kicks off new Blue Sky rewards credit card — American Express kicks off the new Blue Sky from American Express, which features rewards from out of the blue; specifically frequent flier miles... (more)

If you have the flexibility to follow the promotions your frequent flier program offers — and the desire to see faraway places — you can get much more out of those miles.

There are at least 16.3 trillion unredeemed frequent - flier miles floating around out there, and the number is growing every day.

Chase's O'Donnell says consumers who want nonrewards cards still want to get benefits out of their credit card — even if that means tools for managing money rather than, say, 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)

I ran out of my miles pretty soon, so I started Googling things like «travel for less» or «travel for cheap» when I stumbled upon other folks who were using frequent flier miles from their credit cards for travel,» Daraius explained.

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.

But unless you eat out often at one of the restaurants affiliated with the program, they are probably not going to be a major source of additional frequent flier miles.

While airlines are raising the price of their first class award redemptions (United announced a recent hike from 160,000 to a whopping 280,000 miles for first class from the US to the Middle East on its partners, and Delta will not even allow fliers to cash in miles for international first class seats), there are still some good deals out there.

These averages include United's base of high fare fliers, so in aggregate it's likely fewer miles will be given out overall with the new program.

The table below outlines first class redemption requirements for the major frequent flier programs and, based on the amount of spend that is required to earn those miles, I've outlined when it's better to pay for a ticket out of pocket and / or redeem Arrival Plus Miles.

The aim is to make sure you're getting the best value out of your frequent flier miles.

That's because there are more «miles» out there in frequent flier accounts than there are available seats.

Citi sends out 1099s Citi drew attention to the issue last week because it is sending out 1099 - MISC notices to customers who took advantage of a 2011 Citi promotion that offered 25,000 American Airlines frequent flier miles to anyone who opened a new bank account.

Matt Hague, founder of finance and travel blog site Saverocity, points out, for instance, that a round - trip coach ticket from the U.S. to Japan on United will now cost 70,000 frequent flier miles, compared to just 50,000 on American.

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.»

So, whether it was redeeming miles for business travel (many entrepreneurial types use their miles to save on business travel costs), for that class reunion weekend, for sending junior out to look at colleges or for typical family emergency air travel (which is happening more frequently with our aging population), frequent fliers in the millions used their miles last year.