A milestone in the birth of the gouged

I. prelude

Had seen a "travel people" renxiong wrote an article the mileage flown gouged bursts, wild Chicago knows "mileage gouged," a term, the interpretation of the text is: "mileage gouged (English is the Mileage Junky) is 100% pure to accumulate mileage and flies.

Some of the most extreme examples of this include: from the Los Angeles Boston (diagonal, almost United States local maximum air distance), half-way to go up to many times, to destination for a cup of coffee on the fly back. " On this, I did a bit of doubt, it is possible simply to save air miles away by plane? what is the meaning of this? save flight mileage is not intended to return for free ticket even if "travel people" said, his Southern California Chicago trip mileage cost for 14 miles/$ conversion at almost 3 km/yuan renminbi (Chinese domestic aviation flight mileage cost is 1 km/RMB yuan or so), if you return a ticket needs 15000 km of mileage, that means you have to spend money to buy 5000 Yuan and actual flight ticket, and if so, why not direct spend money on a ticket, want to come to such a ticket price should not be 5000 Yuan? like crazy "mileage", in addition to passers-by had flying addiction, economic input-output ratio is extremely cost-effective.

In my opinion, the only one to save mileage of flying is reasonable, that meet the following two conditions: (1) has accumulated mileage distance required mileage there are some gaps, and a flight of mileage can compensate for this gap; (2) flight travel destination is inherently want to go.

For example, I want to return to Lhasa, Guangzhou airfare needs 30000 km, but I've accumulated mileage 29000 km, I haven't been to the mountain, then I do a round trip flight Guangzhou tunxi, by the way, play back and forth in Huangshan, such a trip you can get the 1768 km. In addition, I have no other reasonable purely to save air mileage flight, because the market has a more affordable way of getting mileage.

There are so many "Trapeze", mainly on some big company's managers, every year to make dozens or even hundreds of times a flight, they are easily saved enough miles.

However, they are the company to pay for private enjoyment of mileage, it is not what the "mileage gouged". Here, I think back to the "mileage gouged" define: is largely financed by private funds, take all the way up enough accumulated mileage for free air travel. I had the privilege to practice a become a "mileage gouged" following his own experience and share with you, hope to those who want to earn free tickets early friends help. Need to declare that I am a southern sky Pearl Club members, so my experience only want to save China Southern Airlines mileage friend has reference value.

Two, Raiders

I am a member of a passive as Pearl.

Several years ago I applied for a credit card, use some time after one day suddenly received a Bank of phones that you can send me a Zhang Guang-release and Pearl member of co-brand card, each subsequent consumer credit card can save China Southern Airlines mileage, but first a Pearl member you can free some mileage (500 or 1000, forget), so I became a member of a Pearl.

Get the card in the beginning I was not too worried about a year, a limited number of times by plane (10 times), and at that time to save up enough 20000 km later you can start exchanging tickets, so there is no intention what mileage accumulation, as to when the General credit card use.

Then gradually discovered that accumulated mileage there are a lot of ways, but the first China Southern also in exchange for free tickets to the threshold, this 10000 km began carefully saved mileage. My saved channels are:

(1) by China Southern Airlines flights:

Note that by 4% following (including 4 fold) tickets are no mileage accumulation, whether to save the mileage and buy expensive ticket? "my answer is, you don't have to.

In order to own wallet, buy air tickets or try to buy cheap discount tickets. The Shenzhen Shanghai one-way ticket, for example, 4.5 fold ticket than 4% vote your 70 RMB, but can accumulate 484 km (1211 km x 0.4) mileage, cost is 0.1446 Yuan/km (why not cost will be explained later). Of course, if the tickets do not own pocket, and others to pay the Bill, and that of course pick can 100% worth of buy now, hee hee.

(2) by China Airlines flights:

By Taiwan China Airlines flight can accumulate China Southern Airlines mileage, buy tickets, or when you register, if leakage can be described via a can also be registered cards and e-ticket itinerary sent to Guangzhou China Southern Sky Pearl Club Compensation Board.

I last June by China flights back and forth in Hong Kong, Taipei is handled by this, but it is strange to Taipei to Hong Kong was by total mileage of 100% of the accumulated 801 km, but the return trip to Taipei to Hong Kong but it is only by 60 per cent of the accumulated 481 km.

(3) guangfa card consumer credit card:

Guangfa Pearl card per consumption 14 Yuan or 2 dollars can accumulate 1 km China Southern Airlines mileage, so go out consumer use of guangfa Pearl swipes the card.

Guangfa Pearl card provided at the user's birthday month and double mileage accumulation China Southern Airlines (i.e. consumption 7 Yuan or 1 dollar may accumulate 1 company China Southern Airlines mileage), so the opportunity not to be missed. In addition a wide release sometimes introduced some promotional activities, such as the January-February period, wide release on the launch by the overseas VISA line card of $ 800 km above the gift of China Southern Airlines mileage, I went with my family during the Spring Festival holiday, buying tickets Sabah plus local consumption is more than $ 800, so that you easily get the 800 km of China Southern Airlines mileage.

> (4) the Bank of China Great Wall card redeem:

Bank of China Great Wall card consumption credits can be redeemed for China Southern Airlines mileage exchange for standard is 1000 km 16000 points Exchange.

The Exchange cost than direct use of guangfa Pearl card slightly higher (great wall card is a consumer product 1 1 Yuan, convertible into China Southern Airlines mileage after considerable and RMB per consumption 16 1 km Southern Airlines mileage accumulation). However recent events, that is, the use of the great wall card number in the reservation, ctrip air tickets or vacation, the first time a deal giving 10000 points bank credit. If scheduled 200 Yuan Hotel one night, complimentary 10000 bank credits equivalent to China Southern Airlines mileage 625 km, correspond to each consumption 0.32 accumulation China Southern Airlines mileage 1 km. I have been at the end of last year will 16000 points redeem the rows in the 1000 km of China Southern Airlines mileage.

(5), China Mobile gotone redeem:

China Mobile gotone integral can exchange for Southern integral, the original exchange standard is 1600 points redeem 500 km, 2007-10-12 month launch of preferential Exchange, split per 1000 km 1600 in exchange for the end of this year, now offers the standard is 1600 points redeemed for 750 km/h.

I first used in the first half of 2007 by swapping the 9600 3000 km, end and 8000 points for 5000 kilometres (regret not originally replaced integral strung together at the end, lost a 3000 km, whining ... ), This year we have traded with 3200-1500 km.

(6) Hotels

Many hotel chains can be obtained at the accommodation after China Southern Airlines mileage award.

International hotel chain is the more cost-effective, InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels each qualified accommodation can offer 800 km (General reports directly to the hotel or through a travel agent reservation price accommodation for qualified accommodation, some special circumstances, such as long package, meeting special, opening sales price, and so may not be qualified accommodation). To obtain China Southern Airlines mileage accommodation so you must first register as a member of priority Club Rewards (www.ichotelsgroup.com), and then select China Southern Airlines mileage gift. InterContinental Hotels and resorts although generally more expensive, but in some cases are more favourable. If I go to the end of last year, intercontinental Chongqing Hotel one night accommodation including breakfast and only 500, while its shortcut holiday family hotel in domestic prices generally only 300 million (including breakfast), the price is relatively high. In addition, the economy chain hotel now also offers southern Hotel Rewards, such as hotel chains for seven days, every night complimentary 100 km (November-December promotions every night to 200 km/h), Han Ting hotel is 200 km per night complimentary. I am at the end of last year in Chongqing accommodation again this year the Intercontinental Hotel, accommodation in Holiday Inn dayawan (318 $/d), respectively receive 800 kilometres Southern Airlines mileage reward. At the end of last year, hotel accommodation for seven days, 3 nights for 600 km of China Southern Airlines mileage, lodging 2 late this year, 200 km/h.

(7) booking: ctrip

I have long been a member of ctrip, later discovered that use Southern Airlines Pearl membership with ctrip also get many other privileges, so last year and with Pearl card, register as a member of the ctrip.

Access privileges are:

1) for the first time booking that get 1000 km Southern Airlines mileage gift, promotional activities, on the other hand, is that by September 30, 2008 for the first time booking; complimentary km

2) per booking hotel accommodation costs per $ 10 gift China Southern Airlines mileage 3 km.

If through ctrip booking InterContinental Hotels and resorts, check-in times, priority Club membership number, you can get priority Club of China Southern Airlines mileage out of 800 km, and can be sent out by ctrip China Southern Airlines mileage, jeopardizing. However it should be noted that, sometimes through the priority Club Rewards site direct booking Intercontinental hotel prices cheaper than ctrip (particularly the 14-day advance reservation), but the provisional reservation, ctrip is probably cheaper;

3) through ctrip air tickets booking China Southern Airlines, mileage will be directly credited to the sky Pearl Club account;

4) ctrip also often combined with China Southern Airlines launched a number of promotional activities, such as current to 30 September, through ctrip booking 2 nights hotel accommodation + 2 pieces of China Southern Airlines air tickets will be offered 2008 km Southern Airlines mileage.

(8) days will treasure Exchange:

Now answer might all like to become a "mileage gouged" friends will have problems if the accumulated mileage is not enough, if fast fill? my answer is the most convenient way is to use day Po convertible.

Days of the Community (www.mytianhui.com) registered users can use the day community Awards "days of Po" points redeemed for Southern Airlines Pearl Club mileage. Each cumulative 10 "days, you will treasure" to apply for 1 km to the Southern Airlines mileage. The "days of Po" can be obtained by participating in online surveys, or directly purchase incentives, the purchase price is 100-precious "days"/$, if you purchase the "days of Po" and then converted into China Southern Airlines mileage, the conversion results in the direct purchase of China Southern Airlines mileage price is 0.1 Yuan/km, compared to the much cheaper by plane. Note that the "days of Po" conversion to monthly 9, 24 points, 15 days before the month into the Pearl card account. My experience is 11, you can count account, speed or faster.

In this way, I passed by plane, credit, Exchange mobile phone integration, hotel, ctrip, inadequate parts and by purchasing the "days of Po" Exchange, and finally saved up enough 35000 mileage, nice during the national day of Guangzhou to Kathmandu from Commerce warehouse free of China Southern Airlines tickets, are indeed "bar road to Rome", through "focus on superior forces fought a battle", "mileage gouged" was born!

III. experience

(1) select what airline Member accompanying music

Relatively good?

My experience is the largest airline, China Southern Sky Pearl Club best of, the following is a comparison of the three clubs:

Airlines

Club name

The starting point for the first time the Exchange

20% off tickets to accumulate mileage

5% off tickets to accumulate mileage

Exchange Beijing Guangzhou ticket required mileage

Market price (Yuan/100 km)

One-way

Round trip

South

Pearl

10000

100%

40%

15000

30000

6 ~ 8

International

Companion

20000

100%

50%

18000

32000

5 ~ 6

Oriental

Lixing

Unlimited

100%

30%

20000

35000

5 ~ 6

Visible in addition to the "Air China Companion" Club in "50% off tickets to accumulate mileage" and Eastern air miles line Club in "starting point" for the first time to exchange one indicator on win, all indicators are dominant Southern Airlines Pearl Club.

Particularly critical Exchange tickets required mileage, China Southern Airlines of obvious advantages.

Of course, if you are living in Beijing or Shanghai friend, you may still choose to Air China or Eastern Airlines be appropriate, after all, the opportunity to take the trip.

Additionally have seen friends that Hainan Airlines Jinpeng Club better, I rarely make maximum use of Hainan Airlines, so I cannot comment.

(2) air mileage really worth?

Can we use credit card bonus points and airline mileage rate to calculate between: in Shenzhen, industrial and commercial bank ($ 1 per consumer product 1) now you can specify the store directly by integral consumption, standard is $ 2 per 1000 points, that is, each element of consumer rewards value $ 0.002; and China Merchants Bank ($ 20 per consumption volume 1 min) every 10 minutes you can specify the merchant when the 1 Yuan, which means $ $ 0.005 consumer award value.

Take an intermediate value, assuming the credit each element value in consumer rewards $ 0.0035, that every 14 by guangfa card consumer Awards $ 1 km Southern Airlines mileage or BOC great wall RMB per 16 card consumerism Exchange 1 km Southern Airlines mileage, China Southern Airlines mileage value of approximately £ 0.053 Yuan/km. Air China and China Eastern Airlines mileage redemption now see construction bank credit card exchange standards are covered 500 miles 10000 integral, Air China and China Eastern Airlines converted down the mileage value is about 0.07 Yuan/km.

In fact from the above comparison we can see, Air China and China Eastern Airlines mileage plan clearly worse than China Southern Airlines, so its mileage value should be less than China Southern Airlines.

In fact, one of the best valuation standards is to see its "market value" (here I use stock market concepts), you can go to Taobao look, there's a lot of the transfer of air mileage of sellers, is currently the general price: China Southern Airlines 0.06 ~ 0.08 Yuan/km, Air China and China Eastern Airlines 0.05 ~ 0.06 Yuan/km, this is the real air mileage market value.

This shows that the use of the "days of Po" Exchange how China Southern Airlines mileage costs 0.10 Yuan/km remains higher than its market value, so only when you need to make up a small amount of balance is recommended for this method, because this way the biggest benefit is the purchase of China Southern Airlines mileage can directly into the Pearl card accounts, thereby completing the mileage accumulation, so as not to "nothing", while others cannot access your mileage account, only a one-time purchase of all the required mileage.

(3) how to exchange tickets before we pay?

Finally save the air mileage how to spend? my suggestion is to try to change those discount less obscure.

Like those popular routes, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou-Guangzhou-like, low season often have about 2% of the ticket, such as Guangzhou Fei Shanghai, only 2% of votes, and 200 million milestone Exchange need 10000, conversion into a market value of $ 6, $ 7, obviously does not pay. There is a change in season tickets, these generally do not have a discount when tickets, such as within one week before the Spring Festival, with Shenzhen flying Changsha, block $ 730, mileage Exchange to 6000 hours, equivalent to 3-400 Yuan, is more cost-effective. The most cost-effective is Exchange Guangzhou-Lhasa or Guangzhou-Kathmandu, Kathmandu during the peak season-ticket to 4000 Yuan or so, and the exchange between economic positions require 30000 km, worth around $ 2000 only, if all mileage are usually saved to, that's how a "cool" things up!