Originally Posted by
sparkstarr
Hi,
I'm planning a 1-2 week vacation to India in January, and either at the end or the beginning of my trip, I want to make a stop in Dubai for about 1-2 days just to check it out.
I'm very new to this whole points, rewards and frequent flyer thing, but my goal is to buy a plane ticket with the money I have saved up and to be able to get a 1 to 2 night stay at a really nice hotel in Dubai for free somehow. Is this possible?
How do I do this? I'm planning to buy my plane ticket within 2 weeks. Or is it better to use your points for cheaper tickets? Honestly not even sure how to acquire these points.
As you can tell, I have no clue how this all works. Help, advice, anything.
Thanks
Welcome to FT! If you are planning on obtaining your ticket in the next two weeks you will not be able to accumulate very many miles & points in that time period, unless you buy them and that isn't usually smart. Most people get their large cache of miles & points through credit card offers and/or lots of flying and paid hotel nights.
I would suggest you go ahead and buy your tickets & check with the airline you choose to see if you can do a free layover in Dubai. Check prices at kayak.com and cheaptickets.com
In the mean time start reading all the recent threads on this forum and the Credit Card Programs forum.
Where will you start your trip?