Picture this, my wife and I have just booked a Norwegian Cruise Line Alaskan Cruise. And now to book the flights using our accumulated airline miles.

Ok, there was no tragedy, there is no "Sorry you cannot use those miles on those dates" story. In fact we opened these new credit cards and were able to secure two coach tickets from Ft Lauderdale, to Seattle and Vancouver back to Ft Lauderdale, free, or close to free (see below).
I called up the airline and used the miles. It was as simple as that. Yes I had to pay $30 per ticket processing fee and we had to stay a day after the cruise ended (only because we did not want 2 layovers totaling over 6 hours).

So whats my point? Use these credit cards that give you airline miles. They work. Just do your homework. Look at all of the restrictions, ask the fine people on the phone when your signing up questions like.
• How many miles do I get as a sign-up bonus?
• How many miles is it to take a domestic flight?
• How many miles do I get per dollar spent?
• What is the annual fee?

About.com had a pretty good article about airline miles, click here to see it.

Think about it, you live in New York City and are going to Orlando on vacation 6 months from now. You and you wife get one of these airline miles credit cards. And even if you do not initially have enough points for your tickets, you then put everything you buy on them. I do not know about your neck of the woods, but down here in Sunny Ft Lauderdale, I can use a credit card for almost everything. Groceries, Gas, Xbox 360 games, My internet service, my phone service, everything. Your not buying anything you do not already, your just paying for it in a different way. And then in a couple of months you should have enough points for your tickets.

So lets say you do not have enough points. You can usually buy additional points. And trust me this is always cheaper than buying a full ticket anyway.


So check out those Airline Credit Cards, and start racking up those miles. Heck, you never know, buy enough stuff and you could be sitting in First class on that next trip.

Sweet Travels.

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