Are you an Airline Mile hoarder?
1) Do you have an airline CC? 2) Do you sign up for all sorts of programs (such as iDine, or airline shopping network) to maximize your miles? 3) Do you do mileage runs? I think for some people,...
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I still haven't decided which is the best way to use the miles. I can go to my house down near Savannah for 25K miles, and the tickets are rarely less than 300 bucks (this is a 75 minute flight...)....
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1) Yes 2) Rarely 3) Never I don't hoard miles, but I'm not going to use them if I can get a cheap ticket. If my air fare is going to be over $1000 I'm going to try to use miles. And because our lives...
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CC, I've never had a miles card. I have exactly one card (and it gets paid off each month!) and only recently did NFCU start offering rewards. I didn't sign up, they just put me on a rewards card. For...
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ChiChi - I don't have an airline CC either. Dh & I shared a CC which is no-fee and we get 1% cash back. We don't charge much on it since we don't own a home, and we pay our bills with online...
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I've mainly used our miles for free European (also Asia and also Australia) business class tickets. There's no way I would have bought those tickets -- averaging $7000 each, but they were great for...
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BTW, I have "sort of" done a few mileage runs. It's nothing like those crazy folks on flyertalk who just fly to a destination and turn around right away. But I have booked trips because of either: 1)...
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I pay most of my bills on line also, but I can still use a credit card. We put EVERYTHING on our mileage card: groceries, dentist bill, gas, movie tickets, doctor's visit co-pays. Everything. So we...
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I have a Continental Mastercard and my American Express Card is tied into Continental. I try to pay for everthing with those cards. But, I don't hoard...as soon as I have enough mileage I use them for...
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Yes, Patrick, from the pure "cost" point of view, it doesn't make sense to claim economy tickets with FF miles. Just out of curiosity, I looked up the fares of my upcoming trip: Economy: ~$1000 vs 40K...
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Yes, I understand what you're saying, y2000k, and in fact that's why I recently didn't even consider using miles or going business class from Miami to London. I could get the economy bulkhead/exit row...
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"Glad I'm a Gold member and can pre-book that seat." Cool -- I didn't realize I could do that! I feel the same as you about the amount of time, y2000k. That's why I wouldn't use miles to get Business...
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Oh, yes, ChiChi, one of the best advantages of being gold or higher is that you can prebook seats that are not available to the "peons". I also love that as Gold I can check in at First Class rather...
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Gold is good for the reasons Patrick mentioned. Also the help you get from the elite desk is so much more personal and effective. Not to mention no bag fees for you and your companion. mr mc *hates*...
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I know about the First Class check-in. I spent a couple of years being Gold when I was doing a lot of business travel. Then we hired more sales personnel, I traveled less, and I lost my Gold status....
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MC - I wonder if the Lalique/Faberge show is the same that's on in SF @ the Legion of Honor right now? My husband was Gold for 2 or 3 years but for 2009 he dropped back to lead. I was Gold for 1 year...
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I was Gold on and off for a few years -- then I passed the one million mile mark with AA -- which as I understand it makes me PERMANENTLY gold, as I suspect ChiChi is talking about with her "Gold...
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Do you have the AMEX Platinum card? I believe the PLT card holders get free entry to all Admirals Club. .... nevermind, you have the AA Citibank card for the miles, right?
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My dad is an airmile guru and he always knows exactly which airlines are offering the best deals and when it's worth redeeming points and how to get best deals. For example, at the moment, whenever we...
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Funny, but I just got an email from the AA I-Dine program. Seemed the restaurant I went to in Ft. Myers on Tuesday night is a member, which I didn't know and due to a special this month, I happened to...
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