This is our monthly recap where we look at what reward programs we were able to add miles or points to over the previous period. Now that we have depleted a good amount of our rewards, I am back to looking to build them back up again. With all the really great credit card rewards being offered for signing up for new cards, the rewards are there for the taking. To read proof how collecting miles/points can work for your family, read our post on how we are going to Hawaii (and Disneyland) for $30 in total cost for the flights. So far, we have received our mainland flights and all of our hotel nights on Oahu for absolutely “free” using miles and points in various programs. I am also currently looking at the value of using airline miles to fund expensive vehicle rentals.
With our last credit card churn back in October, we are gearing up for our first official multi-card churn shortly. We just paid off some older credit cards and might soon be in a position to take advantage of some new offers. Now that we no longer carry Continental accounts, options become available to possibly score United Explorer cards, as well as other options. We will also probably be trying for several other cards too.
Below is where we stand at month end. Overall it was a relatively slow month with little activity.
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The following is a brief summary of the things we have done in the past month to build up our accounts.
Delta SkyMiles– Audience Rewards trivia questions in all three of our accounts.
United Mileage Plus- Continental accounts have now been officially merged into the United accounts. Continental has been deleted from the summary, and historical data for United does not include Continental numbers. We added miles for our Hawaii inter-island purchases on the Continental Business card.
US Airways Dividend Miles– Audience Rewards accounted for most of the miles posting to each of our accounts. The Grand Slam promotion issues I was having with the magazine subscriptions finally resolved itself in that the magazines finally showed up, but so did the miles.
American Airlines AAdvantage– No change.
Hilton HHonors– No change.
Priority Club Rewards- 250 points from voting in the Freddies.
Starwood Preferred Guest– I finally gave up on all my missing Audience Rewards points from the end of last year, even though I received emails back saying our account was credited. Our new questions have been posting fine though. We also received a 250 bonus from liking the Westin Charlotte on Facebook.
Note, we also have reward accounts with AirTran, Southwest, Frontier, Choice Hotels, Wyndham Rewards, and various other programs, but since we do not really use them, there is little advantage in including them in this list.
The point of showing these reports each month is to show you that every little bit of miles and point collecting can really add up to big rewards. It is never to late to sign-up and start collecting for your future travel needs. Thanks for reading! Save Money, Travel More.