Now?comes the?most?depressing?time of?the?year?- when all?your?EQM?totals?roll?back?to zero!? So toast?a glass?to all?the?miles and?points?you?accumulated?during?2012 and?get?ready?to do the?ritual all?over?again.? To help?you?out, I have?compiled?a list?of?my?top ten tips?for?achieving?the?status?that?you?desire?(or?have?thrust?upon?you?if?you?are forced?to travel?the?miles like?I do).?? These?go?in to some?detail?so I will?list?five?now?and?the?remaining?five?next?week.? Feel?free?to ask?for?more details?as I really?could?write?a page?on?each?one?of?these?subjects.
1.? Plan your?year.? Don?t be one?of?the?many?who?are scrambling?next?December?because?they?just?realized?that?they?need?2,500 miles to make?Unobtainium?Level?on?their?favorite?airline.? Make?a simple spreadsheet?which?lists?all?your?known?or?probable trips
by?month.? If?you?fly?on?multiple?alliances, total them?in separate?columns.?Now?see?where?you?come out?on?your?total for?2013 and decide what?level?of?elite?flyer?is attainable?for?you.?Now?you?can judge?if?you?need?to reroute?a specific?trip?to get?a few
more miles or?need?to fly?a 10,000 mile mileage?run?to reach?your?desired?level.
2.? Use your?redeemable?miles wisely.? Award?tickets?are one?of?the?key?benefits?to being?a FF?and?spending?all?those?hours?on?a plane.? There?are some?that?advocate?using?(burning) your?miles as quickly?as you?earn?them?so they?are not?devalued?by?a future
increase?in award?redemption?requirements?in the?future.? I say?use them, but?keep?in mind?that?you?are giving?up?earning?EQM?when?taking?an?award?flight.? A better?use may?be to pay?for?your?own?ticket, but?use award?miles for?your?spouse, child, or?battle?buddy?when?flying?a trip?together.
3.? Don?t forget the?credit?card?benefits.? A lot?of?people?focus?on?the?initial?bonus?miles that?CC?companies?dangle?out?there?to get?you?to initially?sign?on, but?there?are many?CC?benefits?that?can help?you?in other?ways.? For?example, my?Chase?Mileage?Plus Signature?Card?gives?me 5,000 EQM once I have?spent?$35k in the?year.? As far as I am?concerned, the?best?CC?deal?out?there?is the?BoA Alaska?Airlines?VISA Signature.? For?a $75 annual fee, you?get?a companion?ticket?for?$99 anywhere AS flies.? You?don?t need AS miles?? No problem?- get the?card, fly?AS with?your?spouse/ buddy, and credit?all?the?miles to DL?or?AA.? Friends?of?mine team?up?every?year?to get?cheap?mileage?runs?by?splitting?the?cost?of?flying?back?and?forth?a couple?of?times across?the?country?for?half?price.? Not?hard?to get?15-20k EQM out?of?this.? You?can even?stop?for?a mini-vacation at a couple?of?locations.? Here?is a link to Lucky?s One?Mile?at?a Time Blog?where?he discusses?a long?list?of?credit?card?offers?out?there.
4.? Keep?an?emergency?supply?of?miles.? While?ticket?prices?go?up?the?closer?to the?flying?date, the?miles required?for?an?anytime?award?ticket?remains?constant.? We?have?all?experienced?a time, such?as a death?in the?family, which?we?need?to travel?at?the?last?minute.? BTW, good?luck?with??bereavement fares?, those?are almost?never?a good?deal.? So keeping?50-100k in miles in your?account?may?save?you?a lot?of?money?when?something?last-minute comes up.? This?strategy?also?works?well?if?you?are flying Space-A and?can?t get a hop?back home.
5.? Shoot?for?early?status.? Racking?up?a bunch?of?miles early?in the?year?can get?you?a great?start?on?your?earning?year?and?get?you?some?status?early?to increase?your?earning?amounts?later?in the?year.? For?example, let?s say you?are starting as no
status?at?the?beginning?of?the?year, by?getting?Silver?in Feb. will?get?you?the?25% bonus RDM?in most?programs?for?the?rest?of?your?earnings?that?year?and?next.? Early?status?will?also?increase?your?chances of?a free?upgrade?on?the?rest?of?your?flights?that?year.
So digest?those?tips?for?now?and?I?ll?have?the?rest?next?week.
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