How do folks track their frequent flyer points? I simply allow the companies to track my points and usually only catch any glaring errors (usually pretty rare). I have heard of tracking software and was curious if others used those software and how beneficial they are.

NYCDEN I use Excel spread sheets. One for CO where I'm Plt and one for
AA where I'm ExPlt. They start as planning tools and then become a way
of auditing the airline and finally an aid to keep track of where I stand YTD.

If you have multiple FF accounts, you can use yodlee (through the new "oncenter" view at yodlee.com or a branded version of the olderstyle yodlee through something like chaseonlineplus.chase.com) to track the airlines' official counts.

Then you can just keep around a simple spreadsheet where you add a row each time you buy a ticket.

Yeah me too, simple and quick. Every time I book a trip I log the EQM and the actual Miles, every time I purchase on something that gives me CO miles I log it to verify I get it, and book my chase card miles when the billing ends. I add things over time that I like to track if I want and it's get complicated with all these EQM and stuff now aday's. And I still end up getting miles for some thing CO has on their web site that I have no idea how I got signed up for .

But there's a lot of thread's already on this that talk about differnt programs like maxmiles miletracker yodlee ewallet airmiles triptracker traveltracker etc... but I'm too lazy to change from my excel

You can go to InsideFlyer back edition and see an article comparing some, http://www.insideflyer.com/articles/...e.php?key=1276

Just search for the above program words and you'll see about 10 threads or so.

USA today has a mile tracker program that I use. It automatically downloads all of your FF info.

I agree. USA Today's tracking system is excellent.

RIght now I use a fairly complex spread sheet that calculates everything based only miles flown and fare code. It's very AA specific, but it calculates...

Q-Points
Q-Miles
Actual miles flown
COS bonuses
Elite status by segments and miles
Miles(YTD, Actual Total,Lifetime)
Cost YTD
Million Miler status

I've developed one for HP, BA, VS, Hilton, and Starwood as well.

I'm still developing a web based DB that will encompass all of this info so I won't need seperate spreadsheets.

I use deskport Link Or you could use the standalone version from USA Link

One warning, make sure that you close the app after you use it. Including the System Tray version. I find that it causes a lot of system instability if left in the background.

Other then that, it works great.