The best way to track your frequent flier miles

With all of the programs out there, it oftentimes can get confusing keeping track of all the programs. Especially the ones that are seldom used.

I’ve done quite a bit of research on the easiest ways to keep track of all of your miles and points.

My new favorite website is Award Wallet. You can add all of your frequent flyer numbers and accounts and it will send you emails with your balances. The best part is that it will also tell you your expiration dates as well.

You can also enter in your whole family to track their accounts as well.

I spent this afternoon submitting everyone’s numbers in. Here are our balances:

My Delta 250,000
My American Airlines 200,000
My HIlton 200,000
My Priority Club 260,000
My Marriott 120,000
Both of my kids Delta accounts: 20,000 each
My wife’s Delta account: 40,000
My wife’s American Airlines account 200,000
We’re also in the midst of earning enough points with British Airways to fly anywhere in the world in first class.

The point of this is not to brag, but just to show what flexibility I’ll have for our next trip(s).

We’ll have Marriott, Hilton, and Priority Club properties to choose from and three airlines to get the best tickets on.

While it certainly helps that I travel quite a bit, I also take advantage of every offer I can to earn more miles. I’ve switch to DirecTV, opened up bank accounts, and bought gold coins all for the sake of miles.

The best credit card offer ever – British Airways

British Airways has launched a Visa card

This is the best credit card offer ever. For signing up, you get 50,000 British Airways miles enough for a free economy seat to Europe. You earn 1.25 miles per $ spent. If you spend $2,000 in the first three months, you get an additional bonus of 50,000 British Airways miles. Enough for another free economy seat to Europe.

If you spend $30,000 in the first year, they’ll send you a complementary buy one get one free reward ticket certificate.

It gets better. You can pool your household British Airways miles. So to recap

You and your significant other apply for a British Airways miles = 100,000 miles

You spend $30,000 on your card = free complementary rewards ticket certificate + 50,000 bonus miles + 30,000 you spent = 87,500

Your significant other spends $2,000 on their card = 50,000 bonus miles + 2,000 you spent = 52,500

Total cumulative miles = 240,000 miles + your complementary rewards ticket in essence = 480,000 miles

You therefore can fly ANYWHERE in the world that British Airways flies in FIRST CLASS for free. LA to Dubai for example for $32,000 in spending!