Originally Posted by
sdsearch
There are two kinds of mles: Redeemable miles, which you can use for flights, and status-qualifying miles, which you can use to earn status levels.
You can earn redeemable miles from hotel stays, rental cars, shopping, dining, paying with the right credit card, etc, etc, yes.
Many frequent flyer programs do not use the word
miles for the status qualifying measure. They use words like tier points, status credit and many others terms. Does make it simpler to understand, especially for newbie's.