Strategies & Tactics

Managing Your Miles

If you’re serious about earning frequent flyer (or buyer) miles, and want to learn more about the fastest, most cost-effective ways to qualify for awards, begin here.

• The Best Miles & Points Deals
  The only thing better than earning miles and points is earning more miles and points, and earning them faster. Here’s our list of the best frequent flyer bonuses and discounts on offer from the airlines, hotels, rental car companies, and credit card issuers.
• How to Choose a Program
  The factors which should dictate your choice of frequent flyer program. If nothing else, read this!
• How to Successfully Book a Free Trip Using Frequent Flyer Miles
  Finding an award seat can be like searching for the proverbial needle in the haystack. Here’s a checklist of steps to stack the odds in your favor.
• How to Keep Your Frequent Flyer Miles From Expiring
  One way or another, you paid for your frequent flyer miles. So letting those miles expire is like throwing money away. Don’t do it!
• How to Enroll
  If you’re not already a member of a program, here’s how to join.
• Maximizing Your Miles
  If miles are good, more miles are better. But not all miles are created equal.
• MilePort Mile Manager
  Consolidate account information from more than 110 awards programs!
• FrequentFlier Mile Search
  Which retailers award miles and points in which programs? Find out here.

Credit Card Miles

The FrequentFlier.com “Guide to Mileage-Earning Credit Cards” attempts to help our readers make sense of the numerous and varied options available in the miles-for-purchases space.

• Intro
• Airline Cards
• Hotel Cards
• Amex/Diners
• Bank Cards
• Debit Cards
• Rebate Cards
• Conclusion

FrequentFlier Mile Finder

Which online retailers award miles and points in the programs of which airlines and hotels? Run a search on Mile Finder to see. More

FrequentFlier Flight Tracker

Use this handy application to monitor the status of airline flights anywhere in the world. More

Books for Frequent Flyers

A very few recommended books on the subjects of miles, travel and marketing. More

Related Sites

Looking for more information? Here are some of our favorite resources. More