How many miles are in your mileage account? [Consolidated]
Feb 21, 2011, 5:30 am
#91
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Houston
Programs: United MileagePlus Premier Silver/Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 360
ua=10,000
aa=6,100
co=48
aa=6,100
co=48
Feb 21, 2011, 8:57 am
#92
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
Wow -do I feel mileage poor....down to less than 300K on American and 100K in Starwood and Hilton - but how about another aspect to this thread-
where have you gone with your miles and points?
Rather than sit on mine - I have taken my family (all on points/miles) First Class to London (several times), Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Rome, Florence (multiple times), Venice, Sorrento, Barcelona, Brussels, all over Turkey (multiple times), Greece, Cabo, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, and have a week booked for Sydney in June and then back to London, Athens and Crete in September.
This does not take into count domestic family vacation travel such as Hawaii, Atlanta, San Francisco/Northern CA, New York, Washington DC, Boston.
I like to use my points/miles but still earn about 25K per month.
where have you gone with your miles and points?
Rather than sit on mine - I have taken my family (all on points/miles) First Class to London (several times), Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Rome, Florence (multiple times), Venice, Sorrento, Barcelona, Brussels, all over Turkey (multiple times), Greece, Cabo, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, and have a week booked for Sydney in June and then back to London, Athens and Crete in September.
This does not take into count domestic family vacation travel such as Hawaii, Atlanta, San Francisco/Northern CA, New York, Washington DC, Boston.
I like to use my points/miles but still earn about 25K per month.
Meanwhile, it all depends on fares domestically. If transcon is $250, I'll buy. But when it's $550 due to expected high demand or whatever, I use miles. I don't run into enough high-fares situations to burn my miles faster than I earn them that way, though...
So if I count SWUs, not just miles, I've had more award travel lately, but if I only count miles, I've had a trip to Norway last summer, and transcons during Christmas and this upcoming spring break (I'm not going for srping break, but that's why the fares are high the weekend I want to go!).
Feb 22, 2011, 1:37 pm
#93
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, TX -- AA Life Platinum; QF Life Silver; UA Silver
Posts: 5,462
Delta: 402k
Qantas: 304k
USAir: 197k
British Airways: 155k
American: 126k
Continental: 49k
United: 20k
Lufthansa: 19k
Qantas: 304k
USAir: 197k
British Airways: 155k
American: 126k
Continental: 49k
United: 20k
Lufthansa: 19k
Feb 22, 2011, 1:44 pm
#94
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 1M
Posts: 31,475
Feb 22, 2011, 2:19 pm
#95
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: 1K, Platinum Marriott, Platinum SPG, Platinum Priority, Chairmans Avis
Posts: 75
I only have about 135,000. I just bought two first class round trip tickets to Japan for later this year. Whoohoo!
Feb 22, 2011, 2:25 pm
#96
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Suburban NYC
Programs: AAdvantage, United Mileage Plus
Posts: 10
AA : 81,000
UA : 86,000
CitiMiles : 8100
Haven't flown since January '10. Get miles mostly from c/c puchases and AA's online shopping mall.
The initial goal was to use them for free flights to Australia or New Zealand in economy. But they've been growing faster than expected so I may be tempted to wait a little longer and try for biz or first.
Wouldn't try that if it were just coast to coast, but the 15 hours to Oz would go a lot faster with an upgrade.
CitiMiles is another (horror) story. Going the way of the dodo so I'll have to redeem them by October or lose 'em forever.
UA : 86,000
CitiMiles : 8100
Haven't flown since January '10. Get miles mostly from c/c puchases and AA's online shopping mall.
The initial goal was to use them for free flights to Australia or New Zealand in economy. But they've been growing faster than expected so I may be tempted to wait a little longer and try for biz or first.
Wouldn't try that if it were just coast to coast, but the 15 hours to Oz would go a lot faster with an upgrade.
CitiMiles is another (horror) story. Going the way of the dodo so I'll have to redeem them by October or lose 'em forever.
Feb 22, 2011, 3:00 pm
#97
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: CT
Programs: CO, DL, SW, SPG, CapitalOne Venture
Posts: 148
Feb 22, 2011, 3:17 pm
#98
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SFO
Posts: 886
AA 408k
CO 77k
UA 54k
AMEX 51k
SPG 160k
Can't decide if this is impressive or pathetic
CO 77k
UA 54k
AMEX 51k
SPG 160k
Can't decide if this is impressive or pathetic
Feb 22, 2011, 3:21 pm
#99
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 1,028
total for wife and I as i keep track of them all together on award wallet.
1,020,000
not bad for 2 people that don't fly more than twice a year
1,020,000
not bad for 2 people that don't fly more than twice a year
Feb 22, 2011, 3:37 pm
#100
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plat, Marriott Silver, HH Gold
Posts: 797
Saving them for a rainy day...
CO = 204K
UA = 23K
DL = 63k
SPG = 108K
MR = 60K
Plenty of places to go... just not enough time!
UA = 23K
DL = 63k
SPG = 108K
MR = 60K
Plenty of places to go... just not enough time!
Feb 22, 2011, 11:26 pm
#101
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: SFO, OAK
Programs: AA, BA, WN CP, CO, AK, LH, DL, UA, VS, SPG, IHG, Hyatt, Hilton, Carlson, Fairmont Lifetime Plat
Posts: 106
1.5 million -- Just need to find the time to go somewhere ...
As of August 2009 my wife and I had ZERO miles/points; we didn't even have a FF account! We rarely flew; no business trips, once every couple years for pleasure.
Then we started reading Ingy's site. Thru credit card bonuses and spend, bank bonuses, and the Mint
we currently have the miles/points listed below. No BIS miles have been earned!
We have spent miles flying to Cabo, Chicago and Anchorage. We also gave 150K CO miles to family members to attend a family reunion and redeemed 220K Delta miles for $2K in gift cards.
We've used Expedia BRG $50 coupons a few times and have some cashback from BigCrumbs.
We hope to travel again soon
Current balance for my wife and I -- 1.5 million miles/points:
AA - 452K
SPG - 195K
CO - 333K
BA - 220K
DL - 171K
MR - 114K
PC - 72K
LAN - 21K
UA - 11K
Other miscellaneous
Then we started reading Ingy's site. Thru credit card bonuses and spend, bank bonuses, and the Mint
we currently have the miles/points listed below. No BIS miles have been earned!We have spent miles flying to Cabo, Chicago and Anchorage. We also gave 150K CO miles to family members to attend a family reunion and redeemed 220K Delta miles for $2K in gift cards.
We've used Expedia BRG $50 coupons a few times and have some cashback from BigCrumbs.
We hope to travel again soon
Current balance for my wife and I -- 1.5 million miles/points:
AA - 452K
SPG - 195K
CO - 333K
BA - 220K
DL - 171K
MR - 114K
PC - 72K
LAN - 21K
UA - 11K
Other miscellaneous
Feb 23, 2011, 6:18 am
#102
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
Programs: DL PM, AA Gold, A3 Gold, WN CP, and lots of points everywhere.
Posts: 344
Figures include my wife (and from memory):
DL: 350k
UA: 18K.
CO: 90K.
AA: 350k.
BA: 70k.
WN: 2 standard awards.
SPG: 100k
MR: 20k
Vouchers: ~$1400.
Just used a ton of my BA miles and companion voucher for a big trip in November and several personal trips already booked. Approximately 150k miles pending (mostly AA).
With hotels still to book for the trip in November, I better get back to replenishing the accounts.
DL: 350k
UA: 18K.
CO: 90K.
AA: 350k.
BA: 70k.
WN: 2 standard awards.
SPG: 100k
MR: 20k
Vouchers: ~$1400.
Just used a ton of my BA miles and companion voucher for a big trip in November and several personal trips already booked. Approximately 150k miles pending (mostly AA).
With hotels still to book for the trip in November, I better get back to replenishing the accounts.
Feb 24, 2011, 6:11 pm
#103
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dorset, Vermont, USA
Programs: All of them!
Posts: 399
American--60,000
Continental--50,000
USAirways--55,000
Delta--213,000
Hilton--288,000
Marriott--23,000
AMEX--60,000
KrisFlyer--66,000
Icelandair--20,600
Continental--50,000
USAirways--55,000
Delta--213,000
Hilton--288,000
Marriott--23,000
AMEX--60,000
KrisFlyer--66,000
Icelandair--20,600
Feb 25, 2011, 8:30 am
#104
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 1,437
cosi rewards = 25 flatbread pizzas
dominos rewards = 31 large pizzas
Fridays rewards = $122 bonus bucks
Esprit account = $530 in gift cards
Express = $1200 in gift cards + multiple 70% off coupons
Macys 40% cashback for life
Nordstrom $1000 in gift cards
dominos rewards = 31 large pizzas
Fridays rewards = $122 bonus bucks
Esprit account = $530 in gift cards
Express = $1200 in gift cards + multiple 70% off coupons
Macys 40% cashback for life
Nordstrom $1000 in gift cards
Feb 25, 2011, 8:51 am
#105
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: BOS, MHT
Programs: AA ltg, B6, DL, UA, AS, SPG/Marriott Plt, HH, Hyatt
Posts: 10,052
Well for me, I gots miles that I have already listed, and I also gots restaurant and store promo cards and other online promos:
Sylvan Street Grille:
They wont let you add rewards from a receipt after the transaction. Bummer, since I had been able to do it before! Must be a new manager. I had stopped in one afternoon with a receipt from a week prior and they said no. It has to be the same day. So in the end, I have only remembered to show my card twice and have like 38 points or something
PF Changs:
They said they would give a 10% discount when you eat there and sign up for their Warrior Card but our overly busy waiter forgot to do it, so we left thinking we could deal with it later, and then we went to another location a few weeks later and had reservations (you def need them there!) but they were so backed up they told us we had to wait an hour so we went somewhere else. Later, I wrote a brief note into the manager there asking if he could explain the reservation problem and fix it--was looking more for just a brief note saying sorry and not much else, and also while he was at it, please add that 10% and we will come soon. He never replied. A month went by, so I sent it to corporate and other month went by. Well, the food's good but a bit fattening, and so screw 'em --they obviously don't want our business.
Qdoba Mexican Grill:
They made new reward cards and in the end you are supposed to merge the old card into a new one they give you there, and when I tried to do what the web site said on how to merge them it got all messed up so I stopped into a store and a manager came to look at what I had printed out and my two cards. he could do nothing at that moment so I gave him everything and asked him to fix and mail. That was 3 weeks ago. Screw em. My wife liked their burritos but I can make better MEX food for her at home!
MyPoints:
I have just shy of 6,500 points. That's a boat load of constant clicking and yes I did even participate in a very few promos... ones I do anyway. Those often dont post so I avoid them. Once I reach 7k I will redeem them for some store card for my wife. She likes the GAP and other such stores for the kid's clothing.
Sylvan Street Grille:
They wont let you add rewards from a receipt after the transaction. Bummer, since I had been able to do it before! Must be a new manager. I had stopped in one afternoon with a receipt from a week prior and they said no. It has to be the same day. So in the end, I have only remembered to show my card twice and have like 38 points or something
PF Changs:
They said they would give a 10% discount when you eat there and sign up for their Warrior Card but our overly busy waiter forgot to do it, so we left thinking we could deal with it later, and then we went to another location a few weeks later and had reservations (you def need them there!) but they were so backed up they told us we had to wait an hour so we went somewhere else. Later, I wrote a brief note into the manager there asking if he could explain the reservation problem and fix it--was looking more for just a brief note saying sorry and not much else, and also while he was at it, please add that 10% and we will come soon. He never replied. A month went by, so I sent it to corporate and other month went by. Well, the food's good but a bit fattening, and so screw 'em --they obviously don't want our business.
Qdoba Mexican Grill:
They made new reward cards and in the end you are supposed to merge the old card into a new one they give you there, and when I tried to do what the web site said on how to merge them it got all messed up so I stopped into a store and a manager came to look at what I had printed out and my two cards. he could do nothing at that moment so I gave him everything and asked him to fix and mail. That was 3 weeks ago. Screw em. My wife liked their burritos but I can make better MEX food for her at home!
MyPoints:
I have just shy of 6,500 points. That's a boat load of constant clicking and yes I did even participate in a very few promos... ones I do anyway. Those often dont post so I avoid them. Once I reach 7k I will redeem them for some store card for my wife. She likes the GAP and other such stores for the kid's clothing.