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Do you fly a lot? Do you have brand loyalty? Do you get perks for flying with them, in the form of upgrades, airport lounges, and free flights? Then this is probably the place for you! Frequent flyer programs like United’s MileagePlus, American’s AAdvantage, British Airways’ Executive Club, plus multi-airline alliances like Star Alliance or oneworld, all help travellers rack up points/miles for status. Let’s discuss!
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May 15, 2021 14:42
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My favourite lounge is the United Club lounge at Heathrow. All the free drinks and cocktails, and drat good food. Also, it's a very classy modern take on mid-century modern style-wise.
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May 15, 2021 16:13
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This thread reminds me that I need to endure the seemingly sisyphean challenge of contacting Avianca Lifemiles to get my 80,000 points back for the canceled IAH-SYD flight that I wanted to take later this year. Also I've got a bunch of Chase points that are burning a hole in my pocket.
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May 17, 2021 14:44
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What’s the Chase points conversion rate, and with whom?
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May 17, 2021 16:11
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What's the goon verdict on points? I am off the impression it's a ripoff to switch them over to something like Amazon credits but I'm holding onto over 350,000 miles on Delta and 1.2 Million with Hilton but I'm curious if anyone else has any different suggestions. For now, I'm still saving them for my future honeymoon or a rainy day.
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May 25, 2021 00:34
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Crosby B. Alfred posted:What's the goon verdict on points? I am off the impression it's a ripoff to switch them over to something like Amazon credits but I'm holding onto over 350,000 miles on Delta and 1.2 Million with Hilton but I'm curious if anyone else has any different suggestions. It's not a bad idea for an earn and burn use case. Hoarding is almost always a losing game as points only devalue over time.* Cash back is a better alternative unless you're burning points on a regular basis. *Pandemic is causing weird things in this world and it's not fully fleshed out yet so we'll see what airlines in particular start to do in order to snipe market share from competitors. You're already seeing that with route planning so loyalty is probably not that far behind.
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May 25, 2021 01:44
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Hopefully United offers to hold Mileageplus status for another year like they did this year. I don’t want to lose my platinum status in 6 months because I literally can’t fly anywhere. :/
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May 31, 2021 10:21
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Beef Of Ages posted:It's not a bad idea for an earn and burn use case. Hoarding is almost always a losing game as points only devalue over time.* Cash back is a better alternative unless you're burning points on a regular basis. Ugh. Does anyone have advice for min/maxing points? I'm trying to spent some time in Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles now that the pandemic is lifting but trying to game the system with that 5 Day Hilton Bonus day is a little funky. And wasn't there a way to use Delta points on hotels or is that gone now? Do I dare reading through flyer talk?
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May 31, 2021 21:58
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Crosby B. Alfred posted:Ugh. Value of delta points for hotels, if it exists, is almost certainly trash. Hilton is about finding a standard award room in a location where the rooms aren't dirt cheap.
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Jun 1, 2021 07:19
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Crosby B. Alfred posted:Ugh. min/maxing is almost pointless for conventional, domestic travel -- and everybody knows this, which is why airlines/hotels are the first to devalue this market and test things like dynamic pricing But it's also why all the travel bloggers/credit card marketers end up in the same hotel destinations in the Maldives, trying to maximize their hotel rewards, or all flying the same airlines and cabins using airline miles, like Lufthansa First Class.
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Jun 6, 2021 07:10
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My favorite lounge is the Qatar first class lounge in Doha. Amazing experience. For anyone that uses Hertz and has United status - Hertz will give you their points (which are nearly useless now) as well as United miles if you fill out the Hertz frequent traveler form (google the page). I’ve been getting 1,000 United miles for every Hertz rental over the past 5 years.
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Jun 14, 2021 20:18
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Outside of doing mileage runs (low cost fares with maximum bonus point accrual between destinations) to quickly move up in medallion status, I've semi-gamed it by registering the company I work for with the SkyBonus program for additional point accruals every time a co-worker travels. My company didn't have a registration so I kick over sky club certificates every now and then to make the folks that matter happy but use the "expiring" points to book award travel for myself. Yes, I might have some explaining to do if they ask to see the statement report but for the most part, once co-workers set it up on their Delta profile, it's fire and forget.
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Jul 21, 2021 18:12
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Old Crows posted:Outside of doing mileage runs (low cost fares with maximum bonus point accrual between destinations) to quickly move up in medallion status, I've semi-gamed it by registering the company I work for with the SkyBonus program for additional point accruals every time a co-worker travels. My company didn't have a registration so I kick over sky club certificates every now and then to make the folks that matter happy but use the "expiring" points to book award travel for myself. Yes, I might have some explaining to do if they ask to see the statement report but for the most part, once co-workers set it up on their Delta profile, it's fire and forget. lol
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Jul 21, 2021 23:26
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Old Crows posted:Outside of doing mileage runs (low cost fares with maximum bonus point accrual between destinations) to quickly move up in medallion status, I've semi-gamed it by registering the company I work for with the SkyBonus program for additional point accruals every time a co-worker travels. My company didn't have a registration so I kick over sky club certificates every now and then to make the folks that matter happy but use the "expiring" points to book award travel for myself. Yes, I might have some explaining to do if they ask to see the statement report but for the most part, once co-workers set it up on their Delta profile, it's fire and forget. Ok well what you're doing there is fraud so I'm going to go ahead and recommend not doing that and even less telling people about it.
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Jul 21, 2021 23:53
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This avatar, while great, is totally loving me up when I read things.
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Jul 21, 2021 23:53
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Beef Of Ages posted:This avatar, while great, is totally loving me up when I read things. I got u bae. 
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Jul 22, 2021 01:18
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Residency Evil posted:I got u bae. wait, did you get your old av back?
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Jul 22, 2021 02:50
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Cacafuego posted:wait, did you get your old av back? Yup, figured I'd donate some cash to these dead forums.
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Jul 22, 2021 02:52
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Residency Evil posted:I got u bae. Normalcy restored. 
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Jul 22, 2021 14:31
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Old Crows posted:Outside of doing mileage runs (low cost fares with maximum bonus point accrual between destinations) to quickly move up in medallion status, I've semi-gamed it by registering the company I work for with the SkyBonus program for additional point accruals every time a co-worker travels. My company didn't have a registration so I kick over sky club certificates every now and then to make the folks that matter happy but use the "expiring" points to book award travel for myself. Yes, I might have some explaining to do if they ask to see the statement report but for the most part, once co-workers set it up on their Delta profile, it's fire and forget. lmao awesome
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Jul 24, 2021 06:39
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There are a bunch of YouTube channels and websites on this subject, I got started with Miles Mogul after he did a lecture I caught, though part of his story was having a sister who was BA flight crew that got him accruing points cheaply. I believe his #1 point, which I've not seen mentioned in here, is get an Amex or similar card that accrues reward points and channel your spending through it as far as possible. I can only speak for the UK but we also have loyalty schemes like Tesco Clubcard that can transfer to a lot of the airline points programs, so you can "double up" paying with an Amex whilst on the store scheme. And then there's the complimentary practice of using hotel loyalty schemes that can sometimes transfer to the airlines, although it may be better leaving the points with them and having cheaper hotels with your cheaper travel. 
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Sep 17, 2021 01:22
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I wish I flew enough to take advantage of airline perks. Only thing I have is CSR and Priority Pass is pretty meh as far as lounges are concerned (though the restaurant credit is dope just not enough places that participate).
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Sep 18, 2021 10:44
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Well, we’re rapidly approaching Q4, and United still haven’t said anything about helping EU/UK travellers maintain status for 2022, despite not really being able to really fly anywhere long haul.
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Sep 18, 2021 11:20
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I travel domestically for work frequently and the pandemic hasn't stopped me so I have a few opinions on this stuff, but I could also be wrong. I plan to finish visiting all 50 states by Summer (at 49 now). It seems like a lot of min/maxing is not worth the effort for domestic travelers. I like the Delta reward system, it's nice at Gold (skipping long check-in line) and at Platinum I get upgraded to first class on most flights. I am pissed because I'm just a couple flights away from Delta Diamond but I'm just not going to make it by year end. I think it's funny that some people REALLY CARE about those stupid plastic member status bag tags. I have only been in an airport lounge once and in general I plan my trips to spend as little time in an airport as possible. What are you people doing where you have hours to kill in a lounge? gently caress that. Marriott and Hilton seem pretty similar to me in terms of hotel quality. I switched from Hilton to Marriott after Hilton started contacting me with high-pressure sales calls. I am posting this from a Marriott in Washington DC now. I use a Marriott card for everything but maybe I should do Amex? Or at least book all my flights on a Delta card? Don't hoard reward points and don't hoard work PTO hours. Dr Strangepants fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Dec 29, 2021 |
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Dec 29, 2021 03:50
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Dr Strangepants posted:Don't hoard reward points and don't hoard work PTO hours.
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Dec 29, 2021 17:21
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