Archive for Category: "Mileage & Reward Programs"
Travel Tip: Top Airlines for Redeeming Miles
Every year, I tell you how the airlines are devaluing frequent-flier miles. And since they control the inventory, some airlines make it harder than others to redeem those miles for seats. A new study from IdeaWorks ranks airlines around the world based on their availability of reward seats. And guess what? The low-cost airlines fared [...]
Travel Tip: Secret Habits of Frequent Flier Junkies
You may be surprised to learn that some frequent-fliers go to great lengths just to earn miles. For example, mile junkies will max out their credit cards to earn miles, and even go on “mileage runs” at the end of the year just to reach elite status with their airlines. But for everyone else, collecting [...]
Travel Tip: How to Prevent Your Frequent-Flier Miles from Expiring
It’s getting more difficult than ever to redeem frequent-flier miles. And to make matters worse, your miles might expire if you don’t use them. Most airlines will delete your miles after 18 months to 2 years of no activity. But the solution is simple and it doesn’t even require purchasing an airline ticket. With American [...]
The Best Reward Tickets for 25,000 Miles or Less
Earning miles has always been easy. But redeeming miles is not. Award Wallet estimates that some 10 trillion frequent-flier miles in circulation today, worth well over $165 billion, have gone unused. You might think you need 50,000 plus miles to book a trip, but JetBlue offers round-trip tickets to select vacations destinations at air mile [...]
How to Donate Your Frequent-Flier Miles
Tax Day is almost here, but you can get a jump on next year’s deductions by donating your frequent-flier miles through airline loyalty programs or to causes like The Dream Foundation, Project Hero, Make-A-Wish, and many more. Donating through Airline Mileage Programs: One of the easiest options is to directly through the airline where your [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Donate Miles to Make-a-Wish Foundation
This week, our voluntourism spotlight is accessible to every frequent flier. We all know miles are getting harder and harder to redeem, so why not consider donating them? Learn more about the Make-a-Wish’s foundation and their April mileage campaign in this weekend’s broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide and check back every Wednesday for more voluntourism [...]
Travel Tip: Hotel Loyalty Changes
We hear a lot about airline loyalty programs, but what about the hotels? Turns out, that side of the industry is also making big changes to make redemption more difficult. Hilton just announced that the number of points to redeem a room will go up in the high season. They’re also adding levels to determine [...]
How Much Are Your Frequent-Flier Miles Worth?
Two interesting things happened this week in the world of frequent-flier miles. First, Delta updated its policy to prevent miles from being transferred from after an account holder’s death. Second, the industry trade organization Airlines for America(A4A), announced that in 2012 airlines flew at 83 percent capacity. Due to mergers, consolidations, cutbacks in capacity, the airlines [...]
