Frequent Flyer Programs
Jun 28th, 2009 by admin in travel tips
With the fuel crisis of 2008 causing soaring prices for airlines, it has become prudent to pay attention to deals and ticket brokers in order to maximize your travel dollar when flying. Sites like Kayak.com have become very popular, and there are numerous tricks and tips to use in order to get the best deal possible.
A lot of airlines offer reward miles through frequent flier programs, but one of the best is the Oneworld Alliance, which brings together 10 of the world’s largest airlines. All 10 of the airlines allow miles earned on their partners to be used on their own flights, so you can potentially combine miles from all of your flights amongst the 10 airlines for rewards tickets. For that reason, I generally try to fly only on the Oneworld Alliance if at all possible.
Another opportunity for rewards tickets comes in the form of credit card offers from airlines. Provided you have good credit, you can earn some excellent mile totals from applying for airline credit cards. A friend of mine recently was awarded 75,000 miles through a combination of applying for 3 different airline rewards cards.
Is it the same with Sky Team Alliance? i know you collect points, but it is airline-specific collection. But I’m not sure you can collect all the points you’ve earned separately on each airline and combine the points. I think (I may be wrong–have to do further research), with Sky Team, you collect reward miles for each respective airline, but without combining other airline points, you can use it with any of their partners. Which kinda sucks. Or is this pretty much industry standard?