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Message: [QUOTE="Flipside, post: 5283167, member: 13256"] "I don't spend a nickel if I can help it unless it somehow profits my mileage account" - Up In The Air Frequent traveler here ... 20+ years straight of top tier flyer status (w/o having to fly that much in the last 5 years, since most airlines reward spend rather than distance) If airline miles/status is the goal, then [LIST] [*]Pick one airline that suits your needs, and always fly it (or one of it's partners) ... even if the itineary is indirect [*]Sign up for every promotion the airline offers, even if you don't think you'll do it [*]Get an airline credit card [LIST] [*]Pay it before interest is charged! [*]Use it for everything from a candy bar, electricity bill, tax bill, a bathroom renovation. You can even pay a mortgage via Western Union (but that's 200-level frequent flyer sickness) [/LIST] [*]Understand who the airline's partners are, and how you can double or triple-earn miles - e.g. American Airlines, Marriott & Uber ... link your Uber account to accumulate Marriott Points, then transfer them to American Airlines. Most of the time I book hotels through the AA travel portal that offers bonus points for certain hotels. [LIST] [*]Example: UConn / Texas game last Fall ... between the flight miles, status miles multiplier, a promotion going on at the time, Uber miles, and the hotel bonus miles (15,000 in this case), I earned 40,000+ miles for the one trip (that's 20% of what it takes to become Executive Platinum on American) ... and if that wasn't enough, it was the team hotel [/LIST] [/LIST] [MEDIA=youtube]EePcWVFtRCU[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]ZDgFAFQGZbI[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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