But the big bonus with this site is that it helps travelers search for award seats, which is often what we're
collecting those miles for in the first place!
With bonuses reaching heights of 100,000 points, this can be a lucrative way
of collecting miles.
The most common excuse I hear from people why they don't want to get
started collecting miles is that they think it is too much trouble.
A common complaint
about collecting miles is that people say they don't travel much and there's no need to collect so many miles.
Since every frequent flyer program is different, it makes good sense to
collect miles from different programs to make sure you derive the best values from them.
Knowing this is important — if your long term is 3 years away I would be very careful in
collecting miles right now.
With bonuses reaching heights of 100,000 points, this can be a lucrative way
of collecting miles.
Finding your split between Domestic and International travel is important, if only to know which programs to
collect miles in to use for your flights.
That doesn't mean you ca
n't collect miles, after all even regular spending can earn you miles.
While CitiBusiness / AAdvantage Platinum is not as valuable as it used to be, it is still a great avenue for
collecting miles on the ground if you run a small business and fly American Airlines.
You can still
collect miles as a Canadian resident as well if applying for new cards and doing a few little tricks, but I would say that over the course of a year you would probably only be able to get 1 / 10th the miles a US resident can.
But if you're not using them yet, or you're just wading in the kiddie
pool collecting miles on a bunch of different airlines when you fly, maybe using the same airline reward credit card you've had for a decade I have to ask, what's holding you back?
Where AAdvantage Miles come to the fore is when it comes to long haul flights in premium cabins — the routes that most
people collect miles for in the first place — and there are two reasons why Avios fail here:
We've also been
collecting miles by using the MileagePlus Dining program, which offers bonuses in addition the miles earned through our purchases on the cards.
In our example, you wouldn't save points, and you can choose the most convenient flight times, routing or just the airline you're
already collecting miles with.
If your goal is a free business or first class ticket you should
always collect miles — or transferrable points like American Express Membership Rewards that can be converted into miles — because it will require far less miles than points to book an identical itinerary.
If you don't have any specific destinations in mind, American Airways AAdvantage and United MileagePlus can take you just about anywhere you might want to go, and for most people, I
recommend collecting miles in both programs.
This is the number 1 card, I would recommend to most people
collecting miles since it earns Ultimate Rewards points which transfer to a number of airline and hotel partners.
Apart from
collecting miles on your AA and AA partner airline flights, there are various other avenues for accruing miles with the AAdvantage frequent flyer program.
One of the things I like most
about collecting miles and points is the possibility of an aspirational flight or hotel stay.
She added, «Our first positive results comes from a mosquito pool
collected miles from the site of the sickened horse and involve a species of mosquito «Culisetta Melanura» that rarely bites humans, and feeds almost exclusively on horses.»
Dear Barbara, If you're the rare bird
who collects miles but doesn't care about free flights or seat upgrades, you probably shouldn't be putting too much effort into an airline credit card.
«Honey,» says the husband from the year 2015, «did you know people used to
collect miles by getting on an aeroplane and flying?»
But just because the site shows the highest earning potential is with a particular airline, does that airline make sense for your travel goals and the loyalty program accounts where you're
already collecting miles?