Sentences with phrase «flier miles which»

When you pay for your air travel (especially international) most airlines offer you frequent flier miles which can be used for your future travel and many other things like merchandise, Hotel stays etc... These miles are already included in the price you already paid for the ticket, so why not claim your miles and use them for future travel?

Not exact matches

He may also have a harder time claiming reimbursements for his circuitous journey from his Lower Manhattan district to Albany, in which he has traveled 857 miles, via Philadelphia, in order to amass frequent flier miles.

The fliers in this nebula, which appear as two red blobs against a pale green background of radiation, seem to be moving fast enough — about 100,000 miles per hour — to fit Balick's original theory, but they also have backward - pointing bow shocks, as though an even faster wind were coming from behind and pushing past them.

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.

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.

Points are earned in the American Express Membership Rewards program, which offers transfers to miles with 17 different frequent flier programs.

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)

That's because the perks — which often include travel rebates, airport lounge access and huge caches of frequent flier miles — can be worth far more than even the heftiest annual fees.

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)

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)

«The price airlines charge typically is about 3 cents a mile when everything is factored in — but, these days, the average value of a mile is about 1.2 cents,» says Tim Winship, publisher of FrequentFlier.com, which offers tips and information about frequent flier programs.

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.

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.

There are seven major types (not including airline miles / frequent flier cards, which we'll discuss a bit later).

Airline rewards cards accumulate frequent flier miles as spending increases, which can be used toward airline tickets once a certain number has been reached (with many airlines, the number of miles required for domestic flights is 25,000).

Ever since airlines began to devalue their frequent flier programs, it's that much more important for us to diversify and find smart - although, not always obvious - ways in which to earn miles and points.

Here's how you can earn miles, attain elite status, and book award flights on more than a dozen domestic and foreign frequent - flier programs — each of which has at least one major U.S. partner.

Others, such as the $ 450 - a-year Delta Reserve card from American Express, allow cardholders to more quickly gain access to elite flier status, which can set off a chain reaction leading to more miles, upgrades and free trips.

Airline partnerships with other airlines mean that you are not limited to just the airline on which you have frequent flier miles.

It specifically addresses frequent flier miles, which have been around longer, but tax experts have said that the same approach applies to other forms of credit card rewards.

Cardholders can't transfer miles to airlines» frequent - flier programs, though, which is a disappointment for frequent travelers.

Under its new program, which will apply to most flights departing on or after March 1, 2015, the number of miles you receive for a flight will be the fare price multiplied by a number between five and 11, depending on whether you have elite flier status.

The tradeoff is that these points can be redeemed for more than a penny each, which is better than many frequent flier miles issued by airlines.

Rewards are in the form of JetBlue frequent flier miles, which seem to be worth around 1.4 - 1.6 cents per mile, based on my quick check of a few fares and miles required (JetBlue's rewards tend to be pegged to the price of a ticket).

Back in the old days, the only option you had for free travel was the airline card, which earned miles in an airline's frequent flier program.

MileCards.com looked at award data for 5 U.S. frequent flier programs, which cover about 90 % of U.S. airline mile program membership (American AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, Southwest Rapid Rewards, and JetBlue TruBlue.

Great for Alaska Airlines / Virgin America frequent fliers as the card allows you to earn 3 miles for every $ 1 spent on Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and you will receive a companion fare which can be useful.

If you charge $ 30,000 a year on credit cards, that's probably 30,000 frequent flier miles, which is typically enough for a free domestic round - trip airfare in coach.

Frequent business travelers often use one airline and have their travel costs picked up by their employers, which allows them to rack up enormous amounts of miles with their chosen airline, especially if they make all their business charges with that airline's frequent flier credit card.

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.

For frequent fliers, the decision to eschew the credit cards may be harder, as they are often generating so many miles by flying and working toward elite level qualification, which Brancatelli admits is important to the business traveler.

If you feel strongly about continuing to use a frequent flier credit card, Brancatelli recommends shifting from an airline - specific card to a general airline card, «which lets you put the miles where it makes the most good for you at the moment.»

If you discover that the airline with which you have frequent flier miles is planning to cut back or serve fewer cities (especially your city!)

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.