Good miles program?
Nov 20, 2019 | 10:47 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 94
Good miles program?
What's a good miles program these days for travel from US(west coast) to Asia (Taiwan, BKK, India).
Asia miles was pretty good. It did end up being useful for a one way trip when I wasn't able to find any tickets.
But it looks like the number of miles you earn has dropped.
Asia miles was pretty good. It did end up being useful for a one way trip when I wasn't able to find any tickets.
But it looks like the number of miles you earn has dropped.
Nov 27, 2019 | 3:53 am
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: IB+ Gold, TK E+, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LTP, IHG Diamond
Posts: 14,191
You EARN miles with credit cards and you SPEND them on flights. So that means you focus on credit cards that transfer to a number of different airline programmes, which gives you maximum flexibility to find award space.
There's no point earning miles based on what an award chart looks like today. Tomorrow it could be devalued...
There's no point earning miles based on what an award chart looks like today. Tomorrow it could be devalued...
Nov 27, 2019 | 5:56 am
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 31,439
What's a good miles program these days for travel from US(west coast) to Asia (Taiwan, BKK, India).
Asia miles was pretty good. It did end up being useful for a one way trip when I wasn't able to find any tickets.
But it looks like the number of miles you earn has dropped.
Asia miles was pretty good. It did end up being useful for a one way trip when I wasn't able to find any tickets.
But it looks like the number of miles you earn has dropped.