Advice Needed
Nov 25, 2015 | 10:13 am
#2
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Atherton, CA
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP; Owner, Green Bay Packers
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Nov 25, 2015 | 2:00 pm
#5
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT EXP; HH LT Diamond, Matre-plongeur des Muccis
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Welcome to FlyerTalk.
If you have aspirational travel plans, maybe, with credit card opportunities and all.
OTOH, there are cards that provide great cash back opportunities, and that certainly isn't about travel.
If you have aspirational travel plans, maybe, with credit card opportunities and all.
OTOH, there are cards that provide great cash back opportunities, and that certainly isn't about travel.
Nov 25, 2015 | 6:14 pm
#6
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Singapore
Programs: KrisFlyer - Nothing
Posts: 49
Thanks everybody. I plan to travel more in the future, so until then, I'll stick to Y class (paid, of course). LondonElite, sorry! I am very much a newbie at this and a complete mileage idiot. Therefore, I did not know what to provide/
Nov 25, 2015 | 7:08 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Programs: AA, UA, WN, HH, Marriott
Posts: 7,293
My suggestion is to book the flight of your choice and then join the frequent flyer program of that airline. There are so many ways to earn miles without flying that it is silly not to join at least one, if not more than one, program. As stated above, you can easily collect enough miles through credit card programs to earn free trips.
Nov 26, 2015 | 12:39 am
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
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If you take one or two flights a year there is no point, especially based in Singapore where alternative mileage collection methods are extremely limited. Where do you travel to? Distance? What do you hope to achieve from a FFP? etc etc?
Nov 26, 2015 | 7:25 am
#9
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
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Try to always credit your flights somewhere, although probably not to SQ. Look for programs in which miles don't expire ever (DL for SkyTeam) or that require only minimal/cheap/easy activity to keep the miles alive. Joining FF programs is free and easy; you might someday have enough miles for a free ticket you can use; just try to keep things concentrated in one FF program per alliance or use one that crosses alliances and covers the airlines you use (AS covers AA, CX, and DL currently, among other carriers or one of the ME3 might work for you).