How many miles are in your mileage account? [Consolidated]
Sep 15, 2013, 5:28 pm
#496
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 60
How many miles are in your mileage account? [Consolidated]
Redeemed 240K UA this year. Cashed 1MM recently. 81K UA, 30K UR and 500K+ hotel points left.
Last edited by MileLife; Sep 15, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Sep 16, 2013, 8:43 pm
#497
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: DEN
Programs: US Gold • SPG Gold
Posts: 222
Seems silly after seeing ^^ MileLife's activity...
180 Avios
110 AA
90 US
50 UA
80 SPG
28 Amex MR
180 Avios
110 AA
90 US
50 UA
80 SPG
28 Amex MR
Sep 17, 2013, 3:53 pm
#498
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Florida USA
Programs: Lufthansa
Posts: 73
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Last edited by ZetaToplover; Sep 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm Reason: didn't realize post was from 2011
Sep 24, 2013, 2:20 am
#499
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Philadelphia/NY/CA
Programs: US Airways/SPG/Club Carlson (Gold)/United/Marriott Rewards Premier (Silver)/Priority Club Platinum
Posts: 331
SPG around 3,000,000 (lots of credit card use)
AA just under 1,000,000
DL fluctuates in six figures, and I HATE trying to use them on DL as DL always gouges so badly
The other 6-8 accounts have under 100,000
I find they are a lot easier to earn than to spend on routes and times that I am willing to fly. And I have to keep earning AA to earn my EXP, so flying with points on AA is a no no for me.
Oh, and half a million BA miles in a household account, so only me or spouse can use them and they never fly where I want to go. Ugly bitter story here.
AA just under 1,000,000
DL fluctuates in six figures, and I HATE trying to use them on DL as DL always gouges so badly
The other 6-8 accounts have under 100,000
I find they are a lot easier to earn than to spend on routes and times that I am willing to fly. And I have to keep earning AA to earn my EXP, so flying with points on AA is a no no for me.
Oh, and half a million BA miles in a household account, so only me or spouse can use them and they never fly where I want to go. Ugly bitter story here.
Also people who have million AA, United, US that still lot's flying. I wish I could get more miles on those airlines beyond the sign up bonuses. I got US Airways 2 CC, United + CO, still have not done AA CC bonuses. Wish 2 browser trick still worked & they brought back 75K offers.
Anyway fun reading all the high points/miles balances.
Last edited by World-Wide; Oct 4, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Oct 1, 2013, 10:58 am
#500
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt: Diamond, HHonors: Diamond, SPG: Gold
Posts: 193
Just started collecting 2 years ago. Combined the Mrs. and I have about 1.15 million currently (smaller balances omitted):
220 AA
210 CC
200 UR
140 MR
100 US
90 Marr
60 SPG
45 HH
42 PC
Just spent 1.7 mil on a 370 day trip around the world (well, 25 countries). Earned 1.5 mil on the road. Finished collecting all the stats, which I posted to the ol' blog if anyone is interested:
http://theselfishyears.com/2013/10/0...ish-traveling/
Burning 260 AA miles, 45 PC, and 80 Marr for a MLE/OKA trip in November, because why not?
220 AA
210 CC
200 UR
140 MR
100 US
90 Marr
60 SPG
45 HH
42 PC
Just spent 1.7 mil on a 370 day trip around the world (well, 25 countries). Earned 1.5 mil on the road. Finished collecting all the stats, which I posted to the ol' blog if anyone is interested:
http://theselfishyears.com/2013/10/0...ish-traveling/
Burning 260 AA miles, 45 PC, and 80 Marr for a MLE/OKA trip in November, because why not?
Oct 1, 2013, 1:04 pm
#501
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 688
Just started collecting 2 years ago. Combined the Mrs. and I have about 1.15 million currently (smaller balances omitted):
220 AA
210 CC
200 UR
140 MR
100 US
90 Marr
60 SPG
45 HH
42 PC
Just spent 1.7 mil on a 370 day trip around the world (well, 25 countries). Earned 1.5 mil on the road. Finished collecting all the stats, which I posted to the ol' blog if anyone is interested:
http://theselfishyears.com/2013/10/0...ish-traveling/
Burning 260 AA miles, 45 PC, and 80 Marr for a MLE/OKA trip in November, because why not?
220 AA
210 CC
200 UR
140 MR
100 US
90 Marr
60 SPG
45 HH
42 PC
Just spent 1.7 mil on a 370 day trip around the world (well, 25 countries). Earned 1.5 mil on the road. Finished collecting all the stats, which I posted to the ol' blog if anyone is interested:
http://theselfishyears.com/2013/10/0...ish-traveling/
Burning 260 AA miles, 45 PC, and 80 Marr for a MLE/OKA trip in November, because why not?
Oct 1, 2013, 6:03 pm
#502
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 101
According to your blog, most of these came from credit card sign ups... How do you manage to do this while on the road? You have someone back home open up your mail and fedex you the cards or something?
Oct 2, 2013, 10:25 pm
#503
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt: Diamond, HHonors: Diamond, SPG: Gold
Posts: 193
Since we were moving, my folk graciously took our mail. Thankfully, my mom was very patient in helping with all of it - I maintained a spreadsheet of all of the relevant numbers and used the cards online to book hotels, airbnb rentals, etc.
Suffice it to say, I've helped them book a few award tickets, but definitely owe them a whole lot more!
For out of pocket, we didn't keep track as much as I'd like, but I'd guess that we probably paid about $2000-$3500 more per month than we would have at home. It's amazing how much money you save when you're not paying for rent, car insurance, cable, internet, etc.
Suffice it to say, I've helped them book a few award tickets, but definitely owe them a whole lot more!
For out of pocket, we didn't keep track as much as I'd like, but I'd guess that we probably paid about $2000-$3500 more per month than we would have at home. It's amazing how much money you save when you're not paying for rent, car insurance, cable, internet, etc.
Oct 3, 2013, 6:36 am
#504
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 688
Since we were moving, my folk graciously took our mail. Thankfully, my mom was very patient in helping with all of it - I maintained a spreadsheet of all of the relevant numbers and used the cards online to book hotels, airbnb rentals, etc.
Suffice it to say, I've helped them book a few award tickets, but definitely owe them a whole lot more!
For out of pocket, we didn't keep track as much as I'd like, but I'd guess that we probably paid about $2000-$3500 more per month than we would have at home. It's amazing how much money you save when you're not paying for rent, car insurance, cable, internet, etc.
Suffice it to say, I've helped them book a few award tickets, but definitely owe them a whole lot more!
For out of pocket, we didn't keep track as much as I'd like, but I'd guess that we probably paid about $2000-$3500 more per month than we would have at home. It's amazing how much money you save when you're not paying for rent, car insurance, cable, internet, etc.
You said " $2000-$3500 more per month ".
I'm just curious since I would like to do that one day and I want to know about how much it would cost me, thanks.
Oct 3, 2013, 10:17 am
#505
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt: Diamond, HHonors: Diamond, SPG: Gold
Posts: 193
My wife and I are in our 30s and aren't the backpacking type - we were usually rolling with 2-3 suitcases and two backpacks crammed with electronics. We rented a ton of apartments and splurged on top tier chain properties with points. We had 39 free hotel nights, but we could have stretched that much, much further if we had stayed at lower tier properties - possibly as much as 80 nights.
We traveled pretty cheaply in Europe by renting apartments - in Paris I'd estimate we spent about $3000 a month for everything, but we cooked a lot. During fast travel times, like in Australia, it was probably upwards of double that - especially when you factor in all those YOLO experiences.
It really is a YMMV type situation, but if I'd probably budget at least $3000 a month if you're going on a shoe string budget and probably more like $5000 if you plan on traveling fast for long periods of time.
Hope that helps.
We traveled pretty cheaply in Europe by renting apartments - in Paris I'd estimate we spent about $3000 a month for everything, but we cooked a lot. During fast travel times, like in Australia, it was probably upwards of double that - especially when you factor in all those YOLO experiences.
It really is a YMMV type situation, but if I'd probably budget at least $3000 a month if you're going on a shoe string budget and probably more like $5000 if you plan on traveling fast for long periods of time.
Hope that helps.
Oct 3, 2013, 3:51 pm
#506
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 101
We traveled pretty cheaply in Europe by renting apartments - in Paris I'd estimate we spent about $3000 a month for everything, but we cooked a lot. During fast travel times, like in Australia, it was probably upwards of double that - especially when you factor in all those YOLO experiences.
It really is a YMMV type situation, but if I'd probably budget at least $3000 a month if you're going on a shoe string budget and probably more like $5000 if you plan on traveling fast for long periods of time.
It really is a YMMV type situation, but if I'd probably budget at least $3000 a month if you're going on a shoe string budget and probably more like $5000 if you plan on traveling fast for long periods of time.
Oct 4, 2013, 12:04 am
#507
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt: Diamond, HHonors: Diamond, SPG: Gold
Posts: 193
That's for two people.
Now to see if my wife will let me plan a second trip like this, or if I'll have to wait another 20+ years.
Now to see if my wife will let me plan a second trip like this, or if I'll have to wait another 20+ years.
Oct 4, 2013, 12:44 am
#508
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 1,277
Airlines:
257k UA
117k AA
98K US
74k HA
Hotels:
252k CC
197k HH
114k IHG
49K SPG
7 hotels.com welcome rewards credits; will get 4 more November. Pretty high average value on those, as 5 of them come from a Honeymoon Suite in Mykonos.
Credit cards:
235k UR
71k Chase Amazon Points (good for 1.6 cents per point on domestic plane tickets $400+ [in 25k increments], plus I get to earn miles on those flights)
No new credit cards for me for a while (planning new house purchase in the next couple of years), so it'll just be spending and flying (and maybe some hotel stays) for earnings now. Assuming I can still get VRs at CVS, I will be using my Amazon card for those. Works out to $98 in fees for plane tickets up to $400, as it gets 2 points/$ at drugstores.
257k UA
117k AA
98K US
74k HA
Hotels:
252k CC
197k HH
114k IHG
49K SPG
7 hotels.com welcome rewards credits; will get 4 more November. Pretty high average value on those, as 5 of them come from a Honeymoon Suite in Mykonos.
Credit cards:
235k UR
71k Chase Amazon Points (good for 1.6 cents per point on domestic plane tickets $400+ [in 25k increments], plus I get to earn miles on those flights)
No new credit cards for me for a while (planning new house purchase in the next couple of years), so it'll just be spending and flying (and maybe some hotel stays) for earnings now. Assuming I can still get VRs at CVS, I will be using my Amazon card for those. Works out to $98 in fees for plane tickets up to $400, as it gets 2 points/$ at drugstores.
Last edited by penner42; Oct 4, 2013 at 12:54 am
Oct 4, 2013, 8:11 am
#509
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: RSW
Programs: Hyatt Plat,SPG-Plat,Hertz-PC
Posts: 161
Moved to this country last year, and started to build my credit history:
Currently I have:
UA: 18k
UR: 218k
MR: 11k
Used in the past:
MR:220k for HD/Kohls gift cards.
Currently I have:
UA: 18k
UR: 218k
MR: 11k
Used in the past:
MR:220k for HD/Kohls gift cards.
