{"id":17384,"date":"2023-02-09T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/?p=17384"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:28:28","slug":"5-ways-to-use-air-miles-on-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-use-air-miles-on-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to use air miles on the ground"},"content":{"rendered":"Approx read: <\/span> 3<\/span> mins<\/span><\/span>

Are your air miles about to expire?<\/h2>\n

Check out these ways to spend your miles without buying a plane ticket.<\/h3>\n

Depending on the provider<\/a>, you air miles may have an expiration date. Not all rewards systems work the same way. For some, this means you lose miles after a certain time if you don’t use them, but can extend the expiry with account activity. Others have a fixed expiration date: use them or lose them.<\/p>\n

Need to spend some miles but don’t want a plane ticket? Here are some tips for spending travel rewards.<\/p>\n

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How many miles do you have and when do they expire?<\/h4>\n

First of all, figure out how many miles you have and when your rewards expire. A rewards tracking app <\/a>keeps all of these accounts in one place, across multiple airline loyalty memberships and miles-linked hotels and credit cards.<\/p>\n

Buying stuff isn’t the best return for your miles, but if you haven’t redeemed points or used a loyalty plan in the last 12 months, it’s important to check. This can help you decide whether to redeem miles for a big-bucks purchase if in a use-it-or-lose-it plan or something smaller that extends your air miles membership.<\/p>\n

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Merch and mags<\/h4>\n

Lots of travel reward schemes allow users to buy merchandise and periodicals through their portals using miles. Both are relatively low-cost options for redeeming miles to reactivate an account or cash in points for accounts you may never use again.<\/p>\n

Buyer beware: that one-click option for a fancy juicer in miles could translate to sticker-shock when converted to actual currency. Keep in mind that generally, air miles values average between 1 and 2 cents in USD<\/a> and even less when not used for airfare.<\/p>\n

A better option: hit the travel rewards website and look for magazine subscriptions with titles priced to entice new readers. While you may not be a cigar aficionado or a ferret fancier (not<\/em> a euphemism!) someone on your holiday gift list may be.<\/p>\n

Donate to charity<\/h4>\n

Signed up for an account with a piddlin’ amount of miles you don’t plan to use again? Give them to a charity account<\/a>, which collects orphan air mile points to effect change on the ground.<\/p>\n

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Air to sea<\/h4>\n

Need to splash out before those points expire forever? For those preferring sea to air travel, you can pay for a cruise with points<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Experiences<\/h4>\n

Cash-poor, with miles to spare? What about using them for a sporting event, concert, or fancy meal? If your points are linked to a hotel rewards system, what about a spa day at a fancy hotel in your hometown?<\/p>\n

Fly in a friend<\/h4>\n

If the points-for-goods exchange chaps your hide, check out the option of cashing in on a ticket for a friend or family member.<\/p>\n

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Bulk up your adventure gear baggage allowance with air miles<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are your air miles about to expire? Check out these ways to spend your miles without buying a plane ticket. Depending on the provider, you air miles may have an expiration date. Not all rewards systems work the same way. For some, this means you lose miles after a certain time if you don’t use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":17462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1294,298],"tags":[1556],"class_list":["post-17384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-travel-tips","tag-travel-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17384"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17589,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17384\/revisions\/17589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}