{"id":508,"date":"2012-03-05T23:16:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T23:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=508"},"modified":"2012-03-05T23:16:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T23:16:06","slug":"air-mile-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/air-mile-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Mile Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-509\" title=\"saving-money-clip-art\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/saving-money-clip-art.jpg\" \/>$120.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I spent on two round trip tickets to Hawaii for my honeymoon.\u00a0 The retail cost was $2,400.\u00a0 People who look at me funny when I opt for a three legged trip to Anchorage from New York via both Washington and Seattle just to use my preferred airline, should consider the money I just saved on the most important trip of my life.<!--more-->I am an airmiles whor\u2014advocate, you might say.\u00a0 Many years ago when I was living in Boston and traveling to Washington frequently, I joined US Airways Dividends Miles program.\u00a0 In addition to my somewhat frequent travel, I also supplemented my mileage account by obtaining just a single credit card that also gave me miles for dollars spent.\u00a0 And I used that credit card for all of my purchases.\u00a0 When I started my business five years ago, I obtained a second credit card, a business credit card, which also fuels the same Dividends Miles account.\u00a0 And with US Airways being a United partner, and with United merging with Continental, I can fly just about anywhere and earn miles.<\/p>\n<p>I also spend my miles strategically.\u00a0 For example, when I\u2019m traveling with my fianc\u00e9e and we wish to make our travel less expensive, I\u2019ll often secure her ticket with miles and purchase my own so I can earn miles while I use them.\u00a0 And I only use miles when the expense seems inordinate, like my honeymoon for example.\u00a0 You\u2019d be surprised how quickly miles are replenished with as frequently as I travel and with every dollar I spend turning into an airmile.<\/p>\n<p>Call me an airmiles whor\u2014enthusiast, but the satisfaction you get when you actually get to use the miles and don\u2019t face the \u201cNo Storm\u201d that David Spade\u2019s character used to face in those Capital One Commericals, is priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$120.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I spent on two round trip tickets to Hawaii for my honeymoon.\u00a0 The retail cost was $2,400.\u00a0 People who look at me funny when I opt for a three legged trip to Anchorage from New York via both Washington and Seattle just to use my preferred airline, should consider the money I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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