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do not let your miles expire. Many programs require some activity within 18 to 24 months to stay active and keep your miles. Just buy something through their retail website or use the dining program to earn some miles.
There are so many good tips, and here is the only one that hasn’t already been said and resaid:
When you have a lousy experience with an airline, CONTACT the airline immediately; often you will receive double miles or at least courtesy miles. And if you don’t, you’re not being descriptive enough!!
I’ve had great experiences with Delta’s customer service responding to some horrid flight experiences (when you fly 80,000 miles a year, you’re bound to have a few ugly ones!)
Don’t let your miles expire. Club Bing, while they’ve cut back on what you can redeem, is a good program to ensure that you keep those miles in programs you don’t use much.
Sign up for all the loyalty programs you can then track the detailed information, membership numbers, benefits, enrollment dates etc. Use this information every time you book travel or stays for frequent upgrades, perks and free stays. There are a lot of programs out there so search and track once you find them.
While you should join all ff programs, concentrate on the airline that flies where you fly most of the time.
Focus Focus Focus. Two programs, a cc that generates reward points, put your hotel points into your airline program. I never buy anything, including a house, unless I get points.
Earn points on trips you want to take and are priced low. Use those points on flights that seem to never be discounted.
Make people around you and your family aware of the benefits of miles. You”ll be surprised to find how many people just let go of miles and don’t know how to take advantage of them. You can benefit from miles of your friends and family members too by doing certain promotions together and doubling your miles.
If travel is flexable wait unil you find a good promotion before booking. I never travel unless I can get at least double points.
Be flexible with travel dates–experience new places when the price is right and earn miles along the way 🙂 Use farecompare.com searcher to get best deals regarding cost per mile and to find those new places to see. http://www.farecompare.com/search/flyertalk.html Stay loyal to one airline to get even more miles with elite bonus miles! Take advantage of promos & join flyertalk.com community to keep up with the latest. Always look for the new route bonuses! Get a credit card that gives you miles per $ spend (my pref Delta Plat Amex) and charge everything paying balance off at end of the… Read more »
Pay attention to promotions within your chosen program and consolidate your travel within the time periods of the promotion
Set up a Google Alert with keywords for your favorite airline’s name and something like “frequent flier miles” or “miles promotion”–go crazy and do all the combinations–it costs nothing and can help make sure you don’t miss out on an opportunity you might not have otherwise noticed.
Read the various blogs and follow their tips. I’ve added thousands of miles this way.
Use a single credit card for everything you purchase including travel, household and personal expense, utilities, and paying your taxes. The card you use should be the one that has the best rewards program and flexibility for your personal lifestyle.