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By Thijs Feryn
Developers travel in style
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Hi, I’m Thijs
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I’m
@ThijsFeryn
on Twitter
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I’m an
Evangelist
At
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I’m a
at
board member
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Douchebaggery
1st world problems
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The mission
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Luxury travel
on a budget
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✓Lounge access
✓Priority
check-in, boarding, baggage handling, waitlist, standby,
fastlane
✓Premium cabins for
cheap
upgrades & award travel
Air travel
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✓Priority/early check-in
✓Free nights
✓Free upgrades
✓Free amenities
✓Lounge access
✓Guaranteed availability
Hotels
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✓Earn award miles
✓Earn status miles
✓Use award miles for
“free” travel
✓Become an elite
member
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Benefits recognized
across the alliance
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Which one to
choose?
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Miles & More
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HON Circle status
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HON Circle status
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Flying Blue
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Executive Club
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British Airways
Executive Club
American
Airlines
AAdvantage
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Spending miles
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✓Earning enough miles
✓Limited availability
✓Pay for taxes &
surcharges
✓Look for interesting
partnerships
Cheap premium cabins
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Hotel loyalty
programs
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✓Always book with the
chain directly
✓Put it on the room
✓Quarterly promotions
✓Dirty status tricks
Hotels
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Spending points
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✓Hotel rates vary A LOT
✓Is it cheaper to pay cash?
✓Cash & points?
Considerations
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Increase your
earnings
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Credit cards
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✓Hotel branded
✓Airline branded
✓Amex platinum
✓Bank branded
✓Shop branded
Credit cards
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✓Welcome bonuses (after spend)
✓Lounge access
✓Free bags
✓Free wifi
✓(Credit towards) elite status
✓Miles don’t expire
Credit card perks
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✓Don’t just get them to use them
✓Enjoy the perks
✓Spend enough to get the bonuses
✓Multipliers
✓More than 1
✓Do they accept your AMEX?
Credit cards
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Partnerships &
transfers
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✓Hotel to airline transfer
✓Tesco to BA miles
✓AMEX to airline/hotel transfer
✓Earn on shopping
✓Earn on car rentals
✓Earn on subscription services
Partnerships
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Learn all the dirty
tricks
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http://frequentflyerbonuses.com/
http://www.flyertalk.com/
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/
http://thepointsguy.com/
http://travel.bart.la/
@onemileatatime
@thepointsguy
@fotograaf
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