have you ever wondered, ¿cuándo and cóhow to use or redeem miles? The answer is not so fáeasy and simple as you might think, but hereí let themé some tips to help youá under my personal experience.
A reader asked meó recently if you haveía Tips about cóhow to use miles or accumulate más for being able to travelás, which is surely what many of those who areán reading this postón sueñan.
Surely many times we have thought about the cóI can take advantage of theáximo traveler programs frequencies that almost all airlinesílines of the world have.
His exchange and más aún, to accumulateón, it's not homeworkácil since it depends on many factors, both the market and going through high and low seasons., the variants of each aerosolíline and other points that we will analyze.
He witháyes
When doubting withándo is the best time to redeem miles or kiloómeters, to dependá of the season you plan your trip.
Remember that, the aviationón e tur industryístic, based on high and low seasons.
A high season, for example, are the holidays that exist in each country.ís and aerosolsíNeas know them very well, so if you try to redeem miles on a holiday in your país, sure to beá much more miles than you need.
Another high season is the migratory flows between the northern and southern hemispheres, which depends on their respective éfew summer and winter.
Finally, the other great high season are the months generally, between the end of October and December. Christmas andño new are the main celebrations that imply huge spikes in the increase in travelers worldwide.
With this informationón in hand you have to take into account cuáwhen you plan your trip. Of course, everything tooén dependá of witháWhen you can have vacations at work or your family can travel. Keep in mind that traveling in high season ALWAYS requiresá a greater núnumber of miles per person round trip.
The recommendationóIt is ALWAYS to plan aheadón and make the purchase with or without miles, at least 3 months before the trip.
The cómo
First, you must accumulate the miles or kiloómeters, ¿TRUE? For this there are several méeveryone to do it.
- The más común is flying with the aerolílines that have loyalty programsón.
- With credit cardséhere, hereí there are some options. There are credit cardsédito who accumulate miles for existing airline programsíneas máWell-known and others have their own mileage accrual systems that ultimately allow the user to redeem them for tickets on any airline.ínea partners or belonging to that credit entityéhere.
- useón from third-party services such as taxi applications, Car rental, Hotels, putting gasoline in certain chains and other
The redemption of the miles is quite simple. You enter the páAerol Ginaíwhere you have accumulated the miles for your trip, you select the flight, enter your data and pay taxes. This point is important, since the miles only cover the fare charged by the airlineíairline and airport or legal taxes will always beá what to pay the user.
If you accumulate miles with a credit cardéhere, each bank has its own system, téterms and conditions about cóhow to use the accumulated miles.
recommendations
- Always try to travel with the same línever aéarea to be able to accumulate más miles and go up the categoryíbecause in the long run it will give youá access to accumulate más miles, access to VIP lounges, category upgradeíand other benefitsún the aerolínea.
- Watch for mileage sales with reduced costs, 2×1 or half the price of generally aerosol onesíareas with large accumulation plansón have.
- Remember that with miles tooéYou can't redeem hotels, Hotels, wines, toys, cell phones and much moreás.
- En graduationóon a sun flightéstatic between Quito and Guayaquil can cost from 2.000 miles and an international to Lima as an example from 10.500 miles.
- Out of promotionón, the miles required to those indicated above are doubled or even a little moreás.
GOOD AFTERNOON I HAVE PICHINCHA CARD I HAVE 10.000 MILES AND I WISH A PASSAGE , IF I AM MISSING MILES, I CAN CANCEL THE VALUE WITH OTHER CARDS
No, you need to have the exact miles or more, to be able to redeem, there is no way to buy miles from what I know.
Hello there! my query is if Aerolineas Argentinas miles can be exchanged for some type of lodging in Spain, and if possible, What is the procedure to make the exchange?.
Thank you and I hope your answer.
Hello Maria, in that case you must enter the website of Aerolineas Argentinas, in the miles club section you will find the information you need.
Hello there, I have Volar Itau miles and I want to know if they can be used to pay part of the payment to airbnb for a vacation rental within my country. If so, how do i do it? Thank you very much. Cheers. Small
Hello Malena, I do not know about that benefit of said miles and program.
Hi Nicolas! great your blog! a query> Do you know how I can redeem American Advantage miles to pay for a hotel?? Thank you!
Thank you Marcel. To do it, You must enter the American website and then enter the Advantage section where the options to exchange are.
Soy gold de Flying Blue de KLM, and I have redeemed many flights, and I must say that it is something that is on the decline, redemption rates are becoming less convenient. For instance, a GYE-MAD flight in UX is almost 90000 business miles each way, and on top of that they pay 450 euros of fees and taxes. Taxes are always higher leaving Ecuador, that's a pretty big downside.
Today around the world the trend is changing towards credit cards, because its programs cover more hotels and airlines, but unfortunately in Ecuador that market is very little developed. Few miles are earned and bonuses for getting a card are non-existent, when in other countries they are usually the most lucrative way to earn miles.
A post about that would be interesting., the main credit cards with miles in the national market (Membership rewards de amex, the club thousands of diners, etc) and those that have an agreement with airlines such as the AA and AV cards of the Guayaquil bank or those of LATAM from the Pichincha bank, I don't think anyone has ever done a report on that.
Hello Gabriel, Thank you very much for your contribution. It would be an interesting post, I'm gonna check it, since it leaves a little of the topics that I deal with. Greetings.