How Are You Going to Use Your GS Miles?
#46
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: CLT
Programs: UA
Posts: 132
Just used my miles this morning by booking 2 tickets to FCO from CLT in January. I usually travel east of Berlin, so this is my first time going to a big western European capital. I don't know what to expect, to be honest. Hopefully I'll be surprised since my expectations of Rome (along with Paris, London, or Madrid) aren't too high.
#47
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 29
That's awesome. Glad to see there are some other college students on here that collect miles. I got 16 hits (+1 safety hit) as long as they all post. Should have enough with my current balance and my hits to get an off peak reward to London this January/February which are usually only around 35,000 for Y.
#50
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton GLD, Marriott Plat, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 2,872
I started with a plan to do 32 hits and get most of the way to a J award to Europe. I decided to push to 36 hits (since even my four most expensive hits for the last 20k miles puts me at ~0.8cpm), so I'm within striking distance of North Asia via Europe in F.
For the time being, I'm waiting for hits to finish posting...
For the time being, I'm waiting for hits to finish posting...
#51
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Phoenix
Programs: AA, Delta, Continental, US Airways, HHonors, Priority Club, Marriott
Posts: 70
Boy, my 110,000 miles was only in the account briefly..lol..Just booked two round-trip first class tickets to the Netherlands Antilles. Wanted to book sooner rather than later so we could get the low miles for first class/envoy. Can't wait!!
#52
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: PIT
Programs: HHonors Diamond, SW A-List Preferred
Posts: 378
That's awesome. Glad to see there are some other college students on here that collect miles. I got 16 hits (+1 safety hit) as long as they all post. Should have enough with my current balance and my hits to get an off peak reward to London this January/February which are usually only around 35,000 for Y.
#53
Join Date: May 2009
Location: DCA
Programs: US Chairman, Marriott Platinum, PCR Platinum, and SPG Gold
Posts: 1,244
My wife and I are about to book an IAD-IST (stop)-BEY in J round trip to visit my brother-in-law in Beirut with a nice little stop in Istanbul. Definitely worth the hassle!
#54
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Here today, gone tomorrow
Programs: Nothing shiny :-(
Posts: 2,487
Just signed up for Awardwallet (thank for the link kendenton) - very impressed so far. I think I'd rather just look at my miles balances than actually do anything to use them
#55
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 52,489
Hertz in MUC seems used to people renting there to immediately leave Germany. They have different rental agreements for different makes of cars - including some that can go pretty far east and south. (Former Yugoslav area in a Kia? No problem!)
Never done it in the dead of winter though. Not sure how passable the main roads through the mountains are. I guess if Budapest is the only destination you just tack on a cheap flight at the end.
#57
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: AA Plat, Amex Plat, Hyatt Diamond, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Silver
Posts: 309
I just booked two roundtrip tickets in Continental Business First: PIT->EWR-DEL for 5/25 return 6/4
Lots of availability in J in continental to DEL in May June July. It may not be F, but it is very nice (and nonstop)
Lots of availability in J in continental to DEL in May June July. It may not be F, but it is very nice (and nonstop)
#58
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 102
Ha! I totally agree. I don't know if I can bring myself to part with these miles; it is too fun to look at my balances!
#59
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, UA PS, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,904
Haha, agreed! ^ I'm done with my hits so I'm out of "GS mode," but not all my hits/bonuses have posted. So I'm going to be incredibly ecstatic when I wake up with 40,000+ miles extra next week!