club?
 

okay i am new here, im very clueless about flying, i have flew before, but this up coming summer im goin to be flying more often cuz of a relatives health issue, i would like to know if theres any club where you earn free air miles every time you fly and whats the cheapest route to do this? please let me know!

I am new to the forum as well but not to flying and frequent flyer programs. If I understand your question, you are asking if there is a "club" other than the airlines frequent flyer programs that will give you miles on top of those given through the FF programs? To my knowledge, no. You can get additional "miles" through various credit card deals (UAL will give you 15,000 miles for signing up for their credit card), home financing/refinancing, and stock trading accounts which you can access through the internet. Good luck.

Your selection of frequent flyer program will vary depending on the routes you fly, and the fare paid. Maybe if you posted some info about where you intended to fly, someone could suggest a program that might work best for you. Failing that, there's an awful lot of info posted on the various airline forums here on FT.

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Welcome to Flyer Talk! For lots of good information on various programs go to Gary's web site:
http://www.freefrequentflyermiles.com/index.htm

Maybe if you include credit cards in "clubs." If you have an airline card and buy your ticket using that card, you get the miles from the flight plus the miles earned from buying the ticket. Some may give extra miles if you use the airline card to buy a tic on that airline. I second Ultraman's suggestion.

I think when he is asking about "clubs" he means the FF programs in general and doesn't know that every airline has them.

Malibu, Tell everyone where you are planning on flying and you may get some suggestions on the best airline to fly to that destination. Every airline has a frequent flyer program where you can earn free flights by flying. Most have other programs that allow you to earn miles for purchasing certain items or by getting a credit card, etc. The freefrequentfliermiles.com link above is excellent information. Not all frequent flier programs are created equal, so do a little research on here.

One thing to consider is that it may be nice to fly an airline that flies non-stop to your destination, but you may earn more miles by flying with a connection to earn free flights faster. All depends on how much your time is worth, etc.

Good Luck

Clubs?
 

There are online programs like E-rewards where you can pick up some additional points. In addition what I would recomend is that you enroll in at least one airline from each major alliance(Oneworld, Skyteam and Star Alliance) Assuming you live in Hawaii the airlines from these alliances that serve your destinations.
Just some suggestions (Based on you be being based in North America/Hawaii)
Oneworld: American Airlines
Skyteam: Delta, Continental, Northwest
Star Alliance: United Airlines, Air Canada

To establish which carrier will work best for you, you will probably want to download each alliances time-table and search for the routes that you plan on flying most often. http://skyteam.com/EN/travelPlanner/...bles/index.jsp
http://www.oneworldalliance.com/sche...hedules_fr.cfm
The staralliance page appears to be down, but there korean one is up http://www.staralliance.co.kr/

Now that you know which carrier serves your route best this should be your principal carrier, try to bank your miles and possibly earn elite status here. It is usually possible to earn the miles that credit towards elite status through alliance partners. I think Skyteam is the beat alliance for domestic US travel because there are three full service airlines in the domestic market, plus Alaska as a sort of ******* partner. Of course your needs and the opinions of others will vary.

You really need to provide more information to get more advice but I can offer some general tips.

Usually it takes 25,000 butt in seat flown miles to qualify for the lowest level elite status. This status offers different things on different airlines, but usually you can expect some sort of dedicated phone number, early boarding, choice of better coach seats, a milage bonus(You fly 100 miles you earn 125), an elite card, and space available upgrades in some cases(Don't count on this at this level though). The benefits only get better from this level.

If your looking for tips on how to get the most miles for the least money, or just how to improve your travel search results you need to check out the Milage Run fourm. Also to help you in keeping track of all your programs your gonna want to download the USA Today Milage Tracker, http://www.usatoday.deskport.biz/ . If you stay in hotels you are gonna want to establish a hotel loyalty program account too, perferably one that allows you to earn additional miles on your stays.

This is just a brief intro, there is a lot to learn and browsing the flyertalk forums is the best way to do that. Enjoy the world of "free" travel. :)

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