If you followed #8 on my Lets Get Started page, hopefully, you have opened frequent flyer accounts for your children. However, a few airlines, like American Airlines, have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. With American, kids can’t drum up activity by using American Airlines Citi cards and Barclays […]
Category: Using Your Rewards
How I Saved My Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles From Expiring
This morning I got an email that my small balance (about 12k) of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles was due to expire at the end of the year. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles do not have an expiration date and may remain in an active account indefinitely. HOWEVER, if a Mileage Plan account is inactive […]
MLK Weekend in Park City And Lots Of Free Stuff!
Who doesn’t like free stuff? I sure do and on our recent trip to Park City (I am here now), I took advantage of much of what my credit cards have to offer and enjoyed a lot of free goodies…..here are the details…. Flights-I used American Express Membership Rewards points to purchase our 4 Delta […]
When You Should And Shouldn’t Pay With Amex Points
If you are an American Express cardholder of a card that earns Membership Rewards Points, you can Pay With Points for your travel. Amex has made things a bit complicated in that the number of points required depends on the type of travel you are booking and sometimes, the type of card you have. IMO, there […]
An Unforeseen Negative Of Booking Flights Using Miles
I often say that to travel for free you need to be flexible. You may not get the best times for flights, you may need to connect or you may need to leave from a different airport rather than your home airport. However, today I encountered a new instance in which I need to be […]
I Reset The Expiration Clock On My Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles
Many airlines have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles expire if there is no “qualifying activity” after 2 years. I have about 12,000 miles sitting in my Alaska Airlines Milage Plan account which I received back in March of 2017 when Virgin America […]
I Reset The Expiration Clock On My Southwest Rapid Rewards Miles
Many airlines have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. Southwest Rapid Reward Points expire if there is no “qualifying activity” after 24 months. I have about 60,000 points sitting in my account with a looming October expiration date. So, as I have often done in the past (mostly with American […]
American Express Delta SkyMiles Cardholders-Make Sure You Know About The Pay With Miles Option
Recently, Rob and I got the American Express Gold Delta SkyMiles Business credit cards, each with a 60K bonus mile offer, after having exhausted some of our other Delta card options. You see, we had already both had the American Express PLATINUM Delta SkyMiles Cards (remember, we used the miles for free business class flights to […]
Check Out AwardMapper-A Useful Tool Making It Easier To Use Points For Stays
When I have a destination in mind that I would like to travel to and stay on hotel points, I usually start with a google search. My search would be something like “chain hotels in Reykjavík”, as I want to know those hotels that exist to book with points. I can stop those google searches… I […]
I Reset The Expiration Clock On Our United MileagePlus Miles
If you followed #8 on my Lets Get Started page, hopefully, you have opened frequent flyer accounts for your children. However, many airlines have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. United MileagePlus miles expire 18 months after the date of your last activity I will not make the […]