Top Ways to Avoid Frequent Flyer Miles From Expiring

Even if you never fly or use an airline-affiliated credit card, you can easily protect the miles you’ve already earned. A few years back, I was hit with a nasty surprise my hard earned Cathay Pacific frequent flyer miles “expired”, why because my account was inactive. It happens to so many people every year, but when it happened to me, I felt how much painful and annoying it is to lose something of value.

So, my first suggestion is that you should keep your eyes on the policies of airlines about the expiration of frequent flyer miles. But with several other airlines, you can enjoy a lot of things while you can earn new points and you can protect the previous frequent flyer miles. Here we have top ways for you to add activity in your account without flying and without using your airline credit card.

Dining For Frequent Flyer Miles

If you are a food lover like me, then you will love this way for earning miles. Even though you won’t find some really high quality restaurants with the dining mils programs, but at least you will find one restaurant that you will enjoy eating at. Dinging for frequent flyer miles you will get miles per dollar award.

Shopping

Do you love to shop? Definitely you do! But if you aren’t shopping at the right place, then you are definitely throwing away good money. Many merchants are in affiliation with different airlines like Drugstore.com, Walmart, Ann Taylor, Nike, JC Penny and PECTO, though you can’t use your airline credit card for shopping but you can get 1 to 15 miles per dollar you spend.

Rent A Car

You can also use your frequent flyer miles for renting service all you have to do is give the car rental company your frequent flyer number, but just remember that you have to pay a minimal fee for earning new miles.

Book Your Hotel

Many famous hotels are affiliated with the airlines for different miles programs. So you can book your accommodation with the frequent flyer miles just give your flyer number when you make a reservation and get new miles and protect your previous miles from getting expired.

Send Beautiful Flowers

Is there a birthday coming up in your family or is the Valentine Day near? You can use your frequent flyer miles for sending gifts and flowers to your loved ones, many airlines allow you this facility so that you can protect your flyer miles.

Go For A Cruise Vacation

Airlines don’t keep you limited till flying or shopping, only you can even go for amazing sea cruise by using your frequent flyer miles if you book through their own websites.

Donating For Charity

If you don’t want to do any of the above given things, then do some good with your miles, you can make donations to the UNICEF, USO or Cancer Research and help in saving lives from your small contribution. An act of good, will not only help you protect miles, but will also help you in a being a good person.