frequent flyer Archives - Empathic Finance

Why frequent flyer miles but not grocery stores? A study in contrasting loyalty programs

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on April 19, 2018 | Featured

I’m a big fan of collecting frequent flyer miles and points. While the airlines and hotels have done their best to devalue the extreme opportunities that there once were, I believe that there still are some great deals to be … Read More … Read More

Tags: Facebook, frequent flyer, frequent flyer miles, membership clubs

How to plan for award travel when you’re an infrequent flyer

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on February 6, 2014 | Featured

While some folks who read this site are avid travelers, zooming around the globe as frequently as a satellite, others may fly infrequently and think that award travel is completely irrelevant to them. Nonsense. Award travel is open to … Read More … Read More

Tags: airlines, award travel, flying, frequent flyer, frequent flyer miles, travel, travel hacking

When to let your points expire

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on February 3, 2014 | Featured

I once wrote to not let your airline miles expire. But there are always exceptions, and I am starting to think that there are reasons worth discussing. Sacrilege? No, just simplification and efficiency. … Read More

Tags: airlines, Alaska Airlines, frequent flyer, frequent flyer miles, Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest Airlines, travel, travel hacking

How to keep your miles from expiring without spending extra money

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 23, 2013 | Featured

Far too many sites about travel hacking seem to talk endlessly about how to get zillions of frequent flyer miles by signing up for credit card bonuses (that require spending thousands of dollars in a certain period of time). … Read More … Read More

Tags: airlines, dilligence, frequent flyer, frequent flyer miles, saving, shopping

The high cost of free frequent flyer miles

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on August 1, 2013 | Featured

There’s a tension between having an interest in travel hacking and an interest in taking control of your finances. On one hand, the two pursuits seem to go well together. Travel hacking involves having creative travel experiences on a … Read More … Read More

Tags: credit cards, frequent flyer, travel hacking

Don’t let your adventures expire

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on March 4, 2013 | Featured

I’ve been collecting frequent flyer miles for over a decade, when I bought one of my first plane tickets on US Airways and absentmindedly signed up for their Dividend Miles program. At the time, it didn’t seem possible that … Read More … Read More

Tags: adventure, flying, frequent flyer, travel

frequent flyer

Why frequent flyer miles but not grocery stores? A study in contrasting loyalty programs

How to plan for award travel when you’re an infrequent flyer

When to let your points expire

How to keep your miles from expiring without spending extra money

The high cost of free frequent flyer miles

Don’t let your adventures expire

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