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: Avoiding Expiration Dates
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My Sister and Her Hubby Used My Free Marriott Night
Recall that with the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier card, you receive 1 free night every year after card approval at any Category 1-5 property. However, the free night usually expires after one year. I am often in danger of having them expire and I have had to come up with creative ideas in the […]
I Just Transferred 5,000 World Of Hyatt Points To Delta To Keep My Points From Expiring
I have had a 17,000 World Of Hyatt point balance for a long time. My last Hyatt activity was back in December of 2015, when I took my daughter, Jessie, to North Carolina for a swim meet and we stayed at a Hyatt Place. I got a notice that my Hyatt points were due […]
Can I Reinstate My United MileagePlus Miles If They Expire?
Unfortunately, I learned this lesson the hard way. I recently let my boys’ United MileagePlus miles expire and I did pay to have them reinstated. So the answer is yes. For a fee, you too can have your expired United miles reinstated. When I decided to pay to reinstate the miles, I did a cost/value […]
I Just Ordered Outdoor Photographer Magazine So My Southwest Rapid Rewards Miles Don’t Expire
I closed my Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards card back in September 2014 because I did not use the card and I did not want to continue paying the annual fee. Fast forward 2 years until now in which I have not flown on Southwest and obviously have had no activity using the card. Accordingly, […]
Saving $ On College Visits
Many of my friends are in the midst of visiting potential colleges for their children. Their weekends are spent checking out different campuses and college towns, often too far to go for a day without an overnight stay. Needless to say, visiting colleges can be quite expensive when you add up all of the your […]