Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #9. Qualifying and Applying For Business Credit Cards NOTE: Check the Credit Card Database for a comprehensive list of point and mile-earning Business credit cards, along with their sign-up bonuses and features. Business credit cards are a great way to earn bonus points after you’ve exhausted the top personal card offers. While the bonus … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #8. Maximizing Credit Card Spending In addition to making online purchases through shopping portals, you should charge all of your expenses to relevant mile-earning credit cards in order to maximize your spending. For example, the Chase Ink Plus earns 5 points per $1 in the cable, internet, phone, and office supply store category, … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #7. Credit Cards Intro Credit card churning Which Card is The Best? If you’re just starting out in the points and miles game, I recommend setting goals before you start applying for credit cards. Where do you want to go and which airlines will get there? When I began collecting … Read more
Once a year, you can earn bonus points for requesting an insurance quote from one of the companies listed below. If you decide to purchase a policy, you can earn even more miles! Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide As with any point-earning activity, I suggest you take screenshots throughout the process in case your points … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide Update: Most airline rewards programs have discontinued their toolbars, so this is no longer an option for earning miles. # 5. Shopping Portals and Toolbars Maximize spending with online shopping portals and toolbars Double Dipping The 1 point per $1 earned on most credit card spending isn’t going to get … Read more
Survey sites are a good way to earn some extra miles. They are free and easy to join. You earn points that can be transferred to the program of your choice. The major point-earning survey sites are E-Rewards, Opinion Miles Club, Points.com, Audience Rewards. E-rewards Members earn cash for taking surveys, which are used to purchase … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #3: Sign up for point-management accounts ❑ AwardWallet lets you manage all of your accounts (including your household members’) under one login. Point balances are updated each time you log in, which is a great way to keep track of all of your points in one place. ❑ Points.com on the … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #2. Join airline frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs.Some bloggers recommend waiting for a sign-up bonus or special offer before joining a program. It might make sense to join a program like Priority Club when you’re ready to take advantage of the “first stay” bonus, however there might be times … Read more
Points and Miles Beginner’s Guide #1. Sign up for a new email account. Since you’ll be receiving emails from lots of different programs, its best to keep a separate email account and use it for your frequent flier and loyalty program registrations. I also like to keep emails from different loyalty programs in designated folders for easy … Read more
Point Chasing Goals & Principles 1. Travel free. More importantly, enrich your life with travel opportunities that are otherwise out of reach. Fly first class to Dubai, live it up in an over-the-water bungalow in the Maldives, take off for a weekend getaway in Ireland if that makes you happy. Traveling “free” isn’t just about … Read more