Sentences with phrase «stockpile points for an award»

Using the card is very lucrative when trying to stockpile points for an award stay.

Not exact matches

If you already have points with JetBlue or Southwest, or have a stockpile of Ultimate Rewards points on hand, using them toward an award flight can be a nice use, but the cash cost is low enough that it's not worth applying for a new card specifically for the purpose of paying for flights.

To me, if an airline says a flight to Europe should cost 60k miles in economy and I'm willing to stockpile 240k miles for my family to travel, and I have a reasonable amount of date flexibility, I think I should be able to get the award at some point.

It's tempting to work on stockpiling frequent flyer miles and points the way you would save for a child's college education or retirement, but unfortunately frequent flyer miles in particular are subject to devaluations, sometimes massive ones and sometimes unannounced (for example the United Award Chart Devaluation earlier this year, the elimination of AAdvantage Explorer Awards with no notice a few months ago; the numerous Aeroplan devaluations; no award chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, eAward Chart Devaluation earlier this year, the elimination of AAdvantage Explorer Awards with no notice a few months ago; the numerous Aeroplan devaluations; no award chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, eaward chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, etc..)

If you have used credit cards to stockpile a lot of airline miles, or if you have reward points that can be transferred to airline miles, you have probably heard the advice that it's best to be flexible when looking for award tickets.