Saturday, July 30, 2011

Making The Most Of Your Airline Miles Credit Card

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By Elijah Bitson


Some airlines offer their customers a little something extra in return for registering for their airline's credit card; you receive a certain number of air miles in exchange for the money you spend on products. Basically, a free air mile is usually given for a certain number of trips made by a passenger over a particular airline. Given that air miles are the name used for the free air travel directed at frequent flying passengers by the airlines they fly on, you end up getting free air travel for spending money on other items.

Many people sign up for these, and sit back and expect to watch as the miles rack up and their free trips keep coming. Nevertheless, it just is not that simple. What the following advice can help you with is taking advantage of your airline miles credit cards.

First of all, be wary of deals that give you a free total of air miles in the beginning, this make gathering more as time go along really difficult. Unless of course your purchases are big enough to warrant around 1,000 air miles per transaction, search for deals that offer you a steady rate of increase in your air miles as time goes on. These deals will often offer other significant benefits as well, for example off-season tickets and affiliate deals with airlines operating close to you.

Register with a mileage program. While this may seem like extra work, the benefits far outweigh the momentary inconvenience of shopping for the best one for you. The majority of such programs offer extra miles for working with certain hotels, stores and restaurants. Signing up with one of these programs puts you on their mailing list, which, if you keep your eyes open, you'll find offers that allow you to garner thousands of air miles for very little cost.

Making the most of your airline miles credit card is just a matter of being sensible and looking to get the best deals around. It is not a science. Travel a lot, book ahead of time and search for flights that drop you in one major city and allow you to take a flight out from another and look around.

In addition, sign up for mileage programs, and remember that the advertising is simply there to get your attention. Look carefully at the small print. Keep these tips in mind and you'll be moving toward making the most of your airline miles credit cards very quickly. I hope that you have enjoyed reading this article and that you will put the tips given into practice in order to make the maximum use of your airline miles credit card.




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