Sentences with phrase «getting valuable miles»

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Looking at the numbers; Saving 10 - percent on fuel for a vehicle that gets only 8 mpg over a yearly driving cycle of 40,000 miles is almost eight times more valuable than increasing the fuel economy of a vehicle getting 30 mpg that is driven only 20,000 miles per year.

Though it does provide 10,000 miles if you choose to pay the annual fee, we think getting the fee waiver of almost S$ 200 is more valuable than earning 10,000 miles, which is worth S$ 100 for most people (redeeming 1 mile is about S$ 0.01 for an economy class seat).

As a general rule, hotel points are considerably less valuable than airline miles or transferrable points, so don't expect to get two cents or more in value out of every redemption.

Thus, you get the 1.5 miles / dollar into UA miles through UR points, or you can top off highly valuable Hyatt points or Singapore air (be careful, once you transfer into one Singapore air even if by mistake, you are «Stuck» with that account for life according to the UR representative I talked with - sort of hard to believe.

As a general rule, hotel points are considerably less valuable than airline miles or transferrable points, so don't expect to get two cents or more in value out of every redemption.

Alaska miles just got even more valuable.

My rewards credit cards get my family into amazing airport lounges around the world, waive various airline fees, give us hundreds of dollars in annual travel credits, offer instant elite status, provide money back when something we bought goes on sale, provide complimentary insurance on car rentals, and, of course, put lots of valuable miles and points in our accounts.

I've also written about a nice opportunity to get free stopovers on domestic flights, making the Alaska Airlines award chart particularly valuable: How to Book Awards on Emirates with Alaska Airlines Miles Alaska Airlines Awards: Two Domestic One Ways for the Price of One It does take 90,000 miles each way to fly First Class, however, and the big downside is that Alaska... [Read more...]

Smart hotel guests know it can be even more valuable to opt for double hotel points (since you get more than you would with airline miles).

Marriott has enhanced rates with United where you get more miles versus other airlines, and United miles can be extremely valuable — especially for international first and business class awards.

Starpoints can be very valuable not only for free award nights (fifth night free) and Cash & Points awards but also by transferring them to dozens of other airlines, typically getting 25,000 miles for every 20,000 points.

That's not easy to get and can be quite valuable, giving you free upgrades and bonus miles, among many other benefits.

«In most cases, it's never worth it to redeem rewards points for cash because the travel you can get with those points or miles is far more valuable,» says J.R. Duren, personal finance expert at consumer review website Highya.com.

You'll get the same 30,000 miles sign - up bonus, free checked bags and a potentially very valuable annual $ 99 companion pass.

So for me it has gotten to the point where American miles are as valuable as United miles, which is a first.

Availability at that rate is probably dreadful, but it's something to check if you're trying to get rid of your SkyMiles and hold onto the more valuable miles from other carriers.

Here are eight ways you can use up your remaining points and miles, and still get something valuable in return.

British Airways Avios aren't the most valuable miles in the world, but there are definitely ways to get a lot of value out of them.

In my opinion, given the lack of availability that is continuing to get worse, American may very well end up being the least valuable award mile before much longer.

Recently LifeMiles miles got more valuable because they've gotten more flexible, allowing mixed cabin redemptions and Lufthansa first class redemptions.

People love Aeroplan because they offer some pretty great redemption options (90,000 miles for business class to Europe, though they've recently changed their award chart to be less valuable)-- see here for details, and they love ANA because with their distance - based rewards you can get some great values (63,000 ANA miles for a business class ticket on Virgin to London which until recently did not require Virgin's outrageous fuel surcharges).

IMHO, the most «valuable» miles are the ones that you are likely to get use out of.

Any other use for which Singapore miles are valuable (like United flights to Europe, Singapore Suites, and awards to South America with a few stopovers) can also be leveraged by getting multiple credit cards from all the transferable points programs.

Off the bat the United miles are more valuable, but the point here is that with the earnings from my stay I want to get as close to these valuations as possible.

«Easy to get» miles that I'd likely never find a use for, while dedicating $ 12,000 in spend that could be going to cover multiple enrollment bonuses on other cards that have more valuable miles associated with them.