In Part 1 of this article I went over the different types of Credit Cards available that earn Airline Miles. In this post I will provide you with 10 simple questions you need to ask your self that will help you pick the right credit card for you and maximize your airline miles rewards. The…
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Picking the right Airlines Miles Credit Card – Part I
This article (in two parts) is going to help you travel thru the maze of choices of Airline Miles Credit Cards and help you pick the right card for you. Part one here is a survey of the landscape of the cards available. Part two will contain a series of questions and a flowchart to…
10 Signs you fly too much…
You may not know the balance of your checking account, but you know your airline frequent miles account balance – both RDM and EQM! You refer to cities by their airport codes rather than their regular names. ‘My parents live in CMH, but we are originally from MSY…’ Your family is surprised to hear that…
American Express – The best Airline Miles Credit Cards
I have a simple rule with credit cards – I want something in return from the card vendor, every time I use the card (other than the credit, that is). As an Un-RoadWarrior, my 1st choice is always Airline Miles. My all time favorite cards for earning miles are the American Express cards. Here I…
Top 10 Frequent Flier websites
Here is a ‘Top 10 List’ of my favorite Frequent Flier related Websites. Add them to your bookmark list… www.FlyerTalk.com: The ultimate forum on all things travel. Has dedicated forums for all Airline Frequent Flier & Hotel programs there are www.sidestep.com: Excellent site to search for flights. It searches all other travel sites such as…
Selling Miles, Buying Miles, Trading Miles
As an amateur when it came to focussing on accumulating miles (what I am calling an un-roadwarrior), I ended up with miles accumulated on multiple airline programs. Some of these airlines do not fly on routes I want to redeem these miles on. So, the question, can I sell or trade these miles for miles on…
It’s all about the Status Miles, silly!
This might be obvious to most people, but it was not to me when I was a novice frequent flier. I thought that every mile I earned, no matter how I earned it had the same value. That is not true at all. Airlines award two types of miles. The regular mileage one earns are…