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When are alliance frequent flier accounts mutually supported?
Say an airline alliance has airlines A, B, C, and D.
I have only registered for a frequent flier account for A. I am booking on C. When I book on Expedia, I have a dropdown option for basically every ...
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Are Award Travel Changeable or Refundable?
For tickets purchased normally, there are tons of types of tickets with various rules regarding changes, cancellations and refunds, but what about for award travel. On the AAdvantage site, there seems ...
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How to use a "code avantage" discount code from the SNCF Voyageur program?
Thanks to this earlier question on the SNCF Voyageur program, I now know roughly how the program works, and I've signed up for it. Despite some issues with previously bought tickets, I've managed to ...
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Maximizing Loyalty Programs - For a New Road Warrior
So basically from November, to at least some time in March I will be traveling every week for work. I pretty much must stay in Hilton family of hotels, pretty much have to rent from Enterprise or ...
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How can AA elite members get upgraded on a domestic codeshare?
I have a question about US domestic round trip travel. The flight is operated by American, but marketed by Alaska Airlines (AS) and the ticket is issued on AS stock (027). The passenger has Platinum ...
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Weird points calculation at Qantas Frequent Flyer
My wife and I travelled with LAN/TAM last year, together.
I bought 2 tickets at the same time/session, that is, same price and conditions for both of us.
I entered both of our Qantas Frequent Flyer ...
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If a frequent flyer program allows you to earn "250 award miles per stay" at a hotel, then does staying for more nights increase the miles?
So the Best Western Hotel Rewards program rewards 250 award miles per "stay" for American Airlines, Delta, and United Airlines. I'm just wondering though - is it 250 award miles for each night, or do ...
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What's the differences between miles programs [closed]
I wanted to book a flight and the flight engine ask me to provide my miles program number between multiple options.
What's the differences between them? What is best option?
(mostly I travel inside ...
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Using AA Aviator Awards
I signed up for a US Airways, now AA Aviator Credit card and earned 50,000 miles. When I go online to redeem there are two choices of seats, Economy Miles Saver (none available for my dates) and ...
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Questions about MileSAAver Economy rewards
I'm looking into using AA rewards miles toward a family flight next summer. I've looked at the AA award chart and the MileSAAver Economy tickets sound appealing because of the low cost in miles, but ...
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Why does it take much lesser Alaskan miles to redeem Emirates First Class award than using Emirates Skywards miles?
It takes about 285000 skyward miles to redeem a first class ticket from Asia to America but it only takes 200000 Alaskan miles to redeem that award.
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If I credit miles from my United flights to Singapore, can I still use the United app + precheck?
I have not switched my frequent flyer program to Singapore Airlines because I enjoy using Precheck + the United app.
If I buy a United flight online and credit to Singapore Airlines program, can I ...
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Maximizing travel points for paid travel [closed]
My company is paying for my relocation, 30 days in a hotel plus meals plus car rental plus flight. How can I maximize this in terms of airlines or hotel points ? For example, I have a United credit ...
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Flight booked with AirNZ reward dollars, can I use my SA Gold (different loyalty program) to get extra baggage?
I have two loyalty programmes, well actually I used to have AirNZ but then switched to SA KrisFlyer as my primary. My AirNZ is just standard level, but my SA KrisFlyer is Gold.
I finally used my ...
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Sum miles in only one miles program
I'm a member of the Executive Club of BA.
I'd like to understand if I can earn and put together miles form flights of other companies of the One World alliance.
For instance, assume that I have 1000 ...
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Is collecting miles for Cathay Pacific worth it for semi-frequent long-haul flights?
I'll be flying two return trips a year, with a possible extra trip in the rare case of unforeseeable occurrences.
This will be for at least 4 years.
The flights are Heathrow - Hong Kong, 5990 ...
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Any Web service that helps you decide which mileage program to put your next mileage on?
Is there any Web application that shows you a list of mileage programs that you can gain mileage on, given that you get on an flight X?
For example, if you get on a economy class with type S class ...
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What is the most efficient way to use Best Western Rewards after staying at a hotel?
So I'm staying in a Best Western Hotel for around 7 nights and would like to use my rewards for either United Airlines, American Airlines, or Delta (or maybe for additional Best Western Hotel stays, ...
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What is the typical ratio of paid versus free miles in frequent flyer programs? [closed]
I realize that this varies from program to program and depends on various factors. But just as a general rule of thumb what is the ratio of miles you have to pay to free miles in a typical program?
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Ability to earn double miles on 2 different airlines. (AA and BA) [duplicate]
I am an awards member with both American Airlines and British Airlines. I work in the Middle East and every month I'm either flying to the Middle East or flying home.
My company only has an account ...
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Difference between AAdvantage "points" and "miles"
When I review my American Airlines AAdvantage account, I notice that I am accruing both "points" and "miles".
Both appear to play a role in determining my elite status, but I can't seem to find the ...
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Is it possible to use Hilton HHonors points at partner hotels?
Is it possible to use Hilton HHonors points at other hotel affiliated with Hilton? Or, put more generally, what are some strategies on making the most of Hilton HHonors points.
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Canceling points-booked United flight?
Does anyone know if it is possible to cancel points-booked United flight (with refund?)? I booked flights to Portugal for end of November, but now having second thoughts due to all that Ebola stuff. I ...
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How can you get the best value when converting American Express points for airfare?
My wife's 60th is coming up and we'd like to fly to London (from Denver, CO). My physical limitations require business class. Is it best to buy cheapest ticket, then upgrade using American Express ...
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What to do with a small number of United miles, starting in New Zealand?
I have 23,000 miles and my wife has 36,000 miles from United (MileagePlus). They are going to expire in 30 days and I know I can prevent it by spending/earning miles, but I'd like to spend them in ...
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Better off using Flying Blue for Air France flights? [closed]
I have 28,000 miles on Skymiles, but will be flying almost exclusively AirFrance (8-10 transatlantic flights/year) for the next year or two. Is there a big difference in the amount of points AirFrance ...
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Using the Alaska Airlines Companion Fare on Air France
I have the Alaska Airlines MBNA Master Card. This card offers a companion fare of 99$ + taxes. I wish to book a round trip ticket between Los Angeles and Tahiti on a partner airline like Air France.
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Specifying a Eurostar or SNCF frequent traveller number when booking through Loco2?
Following the help given in this Travel.SE answer, I now know the trick for specifying my Eurostar or SNCF frequent traveller number when booking a ticket through the SNCB website. Now, I find myself ...
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Spend miles from one loyalty scheme, earn on another (within Skyteam)
Due to poor miles management, I end up owning ~4,000 miles on Flying Blue (Air France) and ~8,000 miles with SKYPASS (Korean Air), both of which belong to SkyTeam. I'd rather own Flying Blue miles as ...
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Do the SNCF fidelity "points monnaie" expire when switching status?
I am currently a member of the SNCF fidelity program and I am a "Grand Voyageur", a status that lets you collect points ("points monnaie") for every euro spent. Soon, it will be the anniversary of my ...
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Reinstating expired MileagePlus miles
Just realized when booking some travel that I forgot to take action last October to prevent some mileage from expiring. As per http://www.ualmiles.com/ReinstatementMiles.jsp, it is possible to ...
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How far in advance do Qantas release reward flights?
I do most of my earning and spending of miles on British Airways (BA), who normally post their award flights 355 days out. (That's the initial load, sometimes they post more seats nearer departure).
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Where to sell my reward airmiles? [closed]
I have 300 000 Delta reward miles and don't need tickets from my Airline.
Where can I sell there airmiles?
If it's not possible to sell them, where can I exchange them for miles of other airlines?
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How to make up miles to reach a United Airlines elite status?
I have accumulated 93,000 miles by 12/25 this year, 7000 miles short of United 100K status. What are my options to reach 100K status without actually making another flight? Can I buy a trip, but ...
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Medallion Qualification Miles vs. regular miles
I'm considering applying for a Delta SkyMiles credit card. The Platinum card says you can get 5,000 MQMs (Medallion Qualification Miles) and up to 30,000 bonus miles. Based on the wording I think ...
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Is "Flying Return" the only available loyalty program for Air India?
I'm flying with Air India and I was looking in which loyalty programs Air India is a member. It turned out, that Air India has its own loyalty program called "Flying Return". From the homepage, it ...
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BA Executive club avios expiration
My last flight with BA was 13-Aug-14.
As I understand I have to have some transaction within 36 months to keep avios - eg till february 2016.
I bought a flight in december 2015 but it is scheduled to ...
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Avios points awarded for BA partner airline flights
I am in the BA executive club. What are the rules for receiving points for flights operated by the partner airlines? Last time I flew Finnair, I got exactly 25% of the points that I would have ...
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How can I apply Disney Reward points toward a vacation that is several years out?
I have a Chase Disney Rewards credit card and some of my accumulated points are beginning to expire. Our family will likely not visit Disney for another 3 or 4 years. Are there any reward purchases ...
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Has United recently changed calculating miles based on distance to based on fare?
From United's page on earning miles, it seems that for most United flights, miles are awarded based on the fare rather than on the distance. As far as I've noticed, the miles I get from calculation ...
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Joining and getting miles for prior flights?
I fly a lot.. stupidly I have never been in any frequent flyer program.
I just come back from Europe to Korea last week flying Emirates, flew there 2.5 months ago on China Southern, apart from low ...
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If a program is registering me for my hotel stay and paying for it, could I still use those nights for a rewards program?
Say, if an academic program has already registered for my hotel stay and paid for it.
Then can I count the nights I've spent in the hotel for a hotel awards program?
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Which frequent flyer programs allow pooling of status credits?
I know the Virgin Australia Velocity frequent flyer program allows pooling of travel into a single beneficiary for a whole family. This can be useful where one person travels a lot while the rest ...
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What is the Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club mileage multiplier for Premium Economy?
Here goes with a Flyertalk type question....
As a Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club member, I can earn frequent flier miles for Cathay Pacific flights. I can also earn miles for flights taken on any ...
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Aeroplan mileage with mixed booking
I have two different trips this summer (YUL-SFO, and YUL-LIM) each booked as a single ticket where one leg is with United and the other with Air Canada (both Star Alliance members). Since I made the ...
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Can Hostelworld Gold membership numbers be shared among multiple accounts?
Is a Hostelworld Gold membership locked to one particular account, or can it be used when make booking from separate accounts to get a discount? If the latter, then does Hostelworld invalidate cards ...
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Does StarAlliance's loyality program have a "recommend a friend" program?
I can't find anything like that on the homepage, but I'm wondering whether Star Alliance has a program like this. So basically, that I would get some miles if I recommend an active friend to also join ...
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Why are no upgrades with miles available on United?
I plan to buy 2 economy tickets from Newark to Edinburgh on United and then use miles to upgrade them to BUS. But every single date I check has "no award upgrades available". I am more than six ...
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Which loyality program should I use for my Aerolineas Argentinas flights?
In December 2013 and January 2014 I did a couple of flights with Aerolineas Argentinas. Since some of them would let me earn a lot of miles, I'd like to join a loyalty program where I'll get miles for ...
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Miles accrual comparisons [closed]
I am a Brazilian living in the US, and I (mostly my wife) travel regularly to Florida from Seattle, and sometimes I also fly to Brazil. I have some frequent flier numbers from Brazilian airlines, ...
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