Earning Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles

Earning Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles

Note: Read the primer on Earning Miles if you have not already. Credit Cards There are no credit cards that earn KrisFlyer miles directly, so your only options are ones that earn transferable points. Luckily, there are a lot of them. Of the cards below, I prefer to use the American Express Membership Rewards cards to transfer miles … Read more

United MileagePlus credit card

United MileagePlus Devaluation Coming November 1, 2017

Effective November 1, 2017, many United MileagePlus Saver awards will be going up in price (listed below, prices all one-way). Recall that there is separate pricing for United-only vs. partner awards. Business Class – United Flights U.S. (premium only): 25k to 35k Hawaii (premium only): 40k to 50k Southern South America: 55k to 60k Europe: … Read more

How To Earn 5x Points (Almost) Everywhere

How To Earn 5x Points (Almost) Everywhere

5x Points: Office Supplies, Cell Phone, Cable, PayPal Digital Gifts via ebay Limits: $50,000 per cardmember year Cell Phone & Cable This one is obvious, but autopay your phone and cable bills from your Ink card. Office Supply Stores This is less obvious, but office supply stores such as Staples and Office Depot sell gift cards to many other … Read more

Earning British Airways Avios

Earning British Airways Avios

Note: Read the primer on Earning Miles if you have not already. Credit Cards The best way to earn Avios is with the Chase British Airways Visa Signature card. There will occasionally be an offer to earn an additional 50,000 Avios (so 100,000 Avios total) for spending a total of $20,000 in the first year. If you … Read more

Major United Devaluation + 25% Transfer Bonus

Major United Devaluation + 25% Transfer Bonus

Back in August, I posted about some negative changes that United was making to stopovers on award flights, effective October 6th of this year. That date has come and gone, and in short, stopovers are no longer allowed unless they occur in the same region as your destination. This has certainly been bad news, but otherwise things have mostly been business … Read more

United MileagePlus Changing Stopovers and Fees on October 6, 2016

United MileagePlus Changing Stopovers and Fees on October 6, 2016

Direct Link Quick Summary Current stopover policy is being removed and replaced with the “Excursionist Perk” Change/Cancellation fee structure is changing, mostly for the worse Round the World awards are being discontinued My Take Here are the official rules for applying the Excursionist Perk: The Excursionist Perk cannot be in the MileagePlus defined region where … Read more

[Miles Briefs] 2,600 American AAdvantage Miles for $2

[Miles Briefs] 2,600 American AAdvantage Miles for $2

Looks like Reddit was the first to post this, but you can currently earn 1,300 American AAdvantage miles for subscribing to the Wall Street Journal and/or Barron’s. Both are currently offering a promotion of $1 for the first 12 weeks of your subscription. The caveats are that you cannot have been a subscriber within the past 180 … Read more

Earning United Airlines MileagePlus Miles

Earning United Airlines MileagePlus Miles

Note: Read the primer on Earning Miles if you have not already. Credit Cards All of the cards below are excellent for earning miles with MileagePlus. I prefer the two MileagePlus Explorer cards due to churnability and the lower spending requirement. You can view the current best offers for all of these cards at Credit Cards. Credit Card … Read more

Earning Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Points + Companion Pass

Earning Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Points + Companion Pass

Note: Read the primer on Earning Miles if you have not already. Companion Pass Before getting into how to earn Rapid Rewards points, we should discuss Southwest Airlines’ best benefit, the companion pass. The Southwest Airlines Companion Pass allows you to designate one person to fly with you an unlimited number of times for free for up … Read more

British Airways Earning

British Airways Earning

Credit Cards “The best way to earn Avios is with the Chase British Airways Visa Signature card. There will occasionally be an offer to earn an additional 50,000 Avios (so 100,000 Avios total) for spending a total of $20,000 in the first year. If you can meet the spending requirement, this offer is worth waiting … Read more