Originally Posted by
Newgirl12
Hi,
New to the frequent flyer programs... lots of points, no idea how to consolidate them in a way to get what I need.
I am trying to get as many of my points possible onto a single plan to use for an international flight. Between them, I have enough to get me somewhere (assuming I buy a few miles as well) but individually, they are fairly useless for the time being.
I don't know which consolidation process to use to utilize them. I don't need hotels or cars, just the flight. I am lost as far as which to consolidate them to, the best way not to loose too many points, etc.
I want to be as savvy as possible and need to fly ASAP.
Here is what I have:
Alaska Airlines 5,866
One Pass (Continental) 22,867
Velocity (Virgin) 1,491
Miles & More (Star Alliance) 13,684
Total - 43,908 miles
Any helpful ideas are more than welcome!!!
I don't see how the miles you have will be particularly useful to get you an international flight, since you have so few with each airline. I suggest you start from scratch with airlines like American and United. For example, you should be able to get 150,000 American Airlines miles for free via its 5 credit card offers. Last I looked a cattle class ticket to Europe costs 60,000 miles, and a business class ticket costs 90,000. A cattle class ticket to Central or Northern South American costs only 35,000. Unted has some good similar credit card offers. See the Credit Cards > Annual Fee Cards page of my website below (though all of the cards I mentioned are free of annual fee for the first year).
Also take a look at my Finance page for good broker and bank offers.