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The way I see it, if you're going to be spending money to pay your bills anyway, you might as well get some bang for your buck by racking up those airline miles.

Most of the banks on our list offer cash bonuses or point perks as promotional methods of gaining new customers, but BankDirect has found a way to team with American Airlines to give their new customers bonus AAdvantage miles.

Airlines are changing their frequent flier programs in other ways as well: American Airlines AAL, -0.57 % changed its rewards structure in April (for travel beginning in June) so that for about half the year it will increase its redemption rate to 30,000 miles, up from the previous 25,000 miles, and on the busiest days will charge 50,000 miles; however, during less busy times, it will lower the rate to 20,000 miles.

British Airways has a distance based award chart which means that certain flights could cost as little as 4,500 miles each way on American Airlines.

And co-branded credit cards can be especially appealing to cardholders who have a particular affinity for a specific airline and want a faster way to accrue frequent flyers miles, as these cards typically reward you with miles for every purchase.

The way it works is you use the card for tickets on any airline or for any other travel expenses like hotels, car rentals, tours, excursions, even subway and taxi rides, and as long as your expenses code as travel, you can redeem the miles for a statement credit within 180 days.

The Asiana Visa Signature is a good choice if you fly often with Asiana Airlines, as it offers a decent 3 miles per dollar spent on Asiana purchases, along with other ways to earn miles.

As long as you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline mileAs long as you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline mileas you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline miles.

Another way to earn frequent flyer miles with a business credit card is to obtain an airline - branded card, such as the Delta Business Gold Card from Amex.

As I said, Alaska Airlines has a separate award chart for each airline so we know that an Emirates First Class flight is going to come up at 90,000 miles each way.

In addition to the low amount of miles required, there are a couple other highlights of an American Airlines award: one - way award travel is permitted, and a stopover is allowed as well.

Business class flights to Europe on United Airlines are 60,000 miles one - way, while you need 70,000 miles one - way for a Star Alliance partner such as Lufthansa.

However, having an airline's co-branded credit card as well as the frequent flier membership is the best way to earn the most miles.

The evolution of frequent flier credit cards and programs — Airline frequent flier programs as we know them today began in early 1981, when the only way to earn miles was through flying.

The Alaska Airlines program is great if you are Vancouver and can use Seattle as your airport as you cna really double the value of your miles (ie you get a free stopover in Seattle on every one - way you book).

Pretty much everyone who belongs to a frequent - flyer program is familiar with the ubiquitous 12,500 - mile domestic saver one - way award on airlines such as United and American, but what if I told you that you could fly on that very same domestic flight, operated by those very same U.S. - based airlines, for only 7,500 miles?

You can book airline awards on Turkish Airlines or Lufthansa via Star Alliance partners such as United, using 70,000 United miles each way in business class or 30,000 miles in economy.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I redeemed 50,000 American Airlines miles to fly one - way from the U.S. to Europe in business class.

There are also other ways to earn tons of American Airlines miles with the card, as you will see in our list of tips:

This is a direct American Airlines flight and a long way to go in coach — but for those of us who like to stretch our miles as far as possible, this availability can't be beaten.

As an added bonus, they decided to include a trip to Saint Martin in the Caribbean taking advantage of a «better than free» one way trick to save on American Airlines miles.

Aeroplan program members enjoy membership in the largest global airline alliance, the Star Alliance, and as a coalition loyalty program offers members a vast array of ways to earn and burn miles.

As long as you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline mileAs long as you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline mileas you can hit the spending minimum, it's a smart way to earn a nice chunk of extra cash or bank some airline miles.

British Airways transfers are good for domestic flights, as you can use American Airlines on short flights for just 7,500 miles and $ 5 each way even when those flights are to remote airports and cost $ 500.

While the higher redemptions are usually a way to get gutted for miles, the redemptions that fall on the lower end of these revenue - based programs can be extraordinarily low when compared to region - based programs, such as United and American Airlines.

The way it works is you use the card for tickets on any airline or for any other travel expenses like hotels, car rentals, tours, excursions, even subway and taxi rides, and as long as your expenses code as travel, you can redeem the miles for a statement credit within 180 days.

Chase Ultimate Rewards points can be used for travel in two ways: directly through the Ultimate Rewards shopping portal or as airline miles after transferring your points to the airline of your choice.

Flying in the economy class on Singapore Airlines to Europe can be a little cheaper than the other major carriers as one - way rates can be as low as 27,500 miles which are a few thousand miles less than the major carriers like American, Delta, or United.

By using Singapore Airlines flyer miles you can get to Hawaii from the continental U.S. in economy for as little as 17,500 one way.

Mileage Plan is also one of the easiest ways to book travel on carriers such as Hainan Airlines (50,000 miles to China) and Icelandair (55,000 miles to Europe)

I'm not here to tell people how to value their miles and points as that can be pretty subjective (as I mentioned earlier), but there are a right ways and wrong ways of considering how much value you're getting out of your miles and points and basing that value purely on how much an airline or hotel wishes to charge you is, to my mind, incorrect.

As an added incentive, most of these credit cards come with healthy signing up bonuses (usually in the region of 30,000 — 50,000 miles / points) which will put you well on the way to a nice airline reward.

In the previous four articles, we covered using Singapore Airlines miles, Virgin Atlantic miles, British Airways Avios, and Korean Air miles as not - widely - known, but much cheaper ways to use miles to get from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

If you are redeeming an economy award, British Airways Executive club will offer excellent value and for business class / first class awards Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan will be perfect choice as you need only 62,500 miles for a one way business class award and 70,000 miles for a one way first class award to India.

With Qatar Airways being a member of the OneWorld alliance these fares could be a nice tier point earning exercise (as well as a vacation) for British Airways Executive Club members and they could be a great way for American Airlines AAdvantage members to build up some redeemable miles before the devaluations kick in.

Although I don't fly United very often (mostly because when I do I deal with nasty / clueless employees or my travel reservations simply aren't honored), I rank their frequent flyer miles as the most valuable mileage currency out there thanks to low fees on award tickets, the ability to book one - way awards and great airline partners in Star Alliance.

As a premium Japanese airline, JAL is a great addition to Alaska's line - up of high - quality global partners, giving our Mileage Plan members more ways to earn and redeem miles for travel from the West Coast to Japan and beyond.

I value American Airlines AAdvantage miles at around 1.8 cents / mile so logic would dictate that I declare this offer to be a bad idea — and for a lot of people it is — but, if you live in Europe (or if you're in a position to start your travel in Europe), there's a way to get some great value out this sale — as long as you're able to book before 22 March 2016 (when the AAdvantage award charts change).

For 30,000 United miles, you can fly one - way in economy class on United or a Star Alliance partner airline, such as Turkish or Lufthansa.

Considering RT flights anywhere within North America can be as low as 25,000 miles (often lower with airlines» frequent «flash sales») and Amsterdam and the rest of Europe is available for 60,000 miles, 280,000 UR points can go a long ways.

To reward frequent flyers, American Airlines offers the AAdvantage ® program as way to earn miles towards flights and other travel adventures.

Award redemption will change greatly as the airline is introducing one - way awards, something offered by other airlines but not previously by Delta, as well as options to purchase awards for a combination of miles and cash.

SkyMiles members will have more than one way to earn miles as Delta Airlines formed a partnership wi...

As long as you know you'll use the miles at some point this is probably a good way to redeem a few extra Starpoints on the side and top up your airline accounAs long as you know you'll use the miles at some point this is probably a good way to redeem a few extra Starpoints on the side and top up your airline accounas you know you'll use the miles at some point this is probably a good way to redeem a few extra Starpoints on the side and top up your airline account.

Additional transfer partners are always welcome as another way to use points but keep in mind using Turkish Airlines miles can be complex.

Even if you're just looking to rack up United miles as quickly as possible, this card is a good way to go, as you get 50 percent more miles on everyday purchases than you get with your average co-branded airline credit card, including the United MileagePlus Explorer card.

Sometimes you might have to cough up a few thousand more miles for an airline's program but if they give you the option to take a stopover then it might be worth it in the end, since they sometimes operate as free one - way flights.

You could have booked it with your choice of Oneworld - affiliated frequent flyer miles such as JAL for 100,000 miles one - way or Cathay Pacific for 105,000 miles one - way or with Alaska Airlines miles for 70,000 miles one - way.

Another way to earn frequent flyer miles with a business credit card is to obtain an airline - branded card, such as the Delta Business Gold Card from Amex.

«As a premium Japanese airline, JAL is a great addition to Alaska's line - up of high quality global partners, giving our Mileage Plan members more ways to earn miles for travel from the West Coast to Japan and beyond,» said Andrew Harrison, Alaska's executive vice president and chief commercial officer.