Should You Earn Delta Status? Here’s What You Get With Each Delta Medallion® Tier to Help You Decide

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

INSIDER SECRET: Delta Gold elite status comes with free standby flight changes, so you can hop on an earlier flight if there’s room! Many moons ago, I had Delta Medallion® status as a New York-based traveler.  They have the most on-time flights, and flew everywhere I needed to go, so I wanted to board early, enjoy surprise …

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Everyone on Our Team Has Either the Chase Freedom or Freedom Unlimited – Here’s Our Strategy For Using the Cards

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

INSIDER SECRET: The Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Unlimited cards are a good way to power-up Chase Ultimate Rewards points you earn with other premium cards, like the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card or Ink Business Preferred Credit Card, because you can combine them all into one place to get more award travel faster! Everyone on the MMS team has a Chase Freedom or Chase Freedom …

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American Airlines Miles: 7 Little-Known Tips to Using Them Effectively

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

As the world’s largest airline, lots of folks collect American Airlines miles, and typically redeem them for domestic coach award flights. While it’s straightforward to redeem your miles on the American Airlines website, there are ways to get even more “mileage” out of them!  (Forgive the pun, but I had to.) You can save miles, …

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United Mileage Plus review: How to get the most from the program

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

United Airlines is one of the largest carriers in the U.S. by fleet size and passenger volume, with a major presence in hub cities and smaller or seasonal destinations. Having United miles can be a smart strategy anyone wanting to book cheap award travel. Plus, it’s a member of the Star Alliance – the largest airline …

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How to redeem Delta miles to get the best price on award flights

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Delta makes it easy for people looking to use up a stash of miles to search for award seats on its website, and you don’t even have to log in to book award flights on most of its partner airlines. But there are a couple of tools and tricks for finding the best deal. You can …

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How to Setup a Citi ThankYou Points Account – Then Access Your Points in 2 Ways

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

INSIDER SECRET: You can combine your Citi ThankYou points from multiple accounts into one account to accelerate your next free vacation! Every card that earns Citi ThankYou points gets its own ThankYou member account number when it’s issued.  That is, its own bucket where earned points will live. You can earn Citi ThankYou points with: …

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Best ways to use Citi ThankYou points: Save on flights to Hawaii, Europe, and across the US

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Citi is an MMS advertising partner. Citi ThankYou points are surprisingly valuable. With only one domestic airline transfer partner, the program looks like it has limited uses, but the Citi transfer partners include Star Alliance airlines with excellent prices for domestic flights and flights to popular destinations, like Europe and Hawaii. Transferring ThankYou points to …

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Citi ThankYou Points Review: Why smart travelers should earn them

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Citi is an MMS advertising partner. Of the three main bank points currencies, Citi ThankYou points get the least amount of attention. I understand why — the program has only one domestic transfer partner (JetBlue), zero hotel transfer partners, and a limited number of cards that rack up the points. But miles and points enthusiasts …

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Here’s a simple way to earn a 10,000 Citi ThankYou point rebate per year

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Citi is an MMS advertising partner. If you’re a fan of collecting Citi ThankYou points, this post is worth a read. If you have the Citi Rewards+℠ Card and any other card that earns Citi ThankYou points, you’ll trigger the 10% points rebate on up to 100,000 redeemed points per year when you combine your accounts. So …

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Delta SkyMiles review: How they work, what you get and whether they’ll work for you

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Delta is the second-largest airline in the U.S. Odds are, your free travel aspirations can be enhanced with the Delta SkyMiles frequent flyer program. Delta miles are easy to earn and even easier to redeem for travel on more than 30 airlines — but the program has its quirks. I’ll show you the basics of …

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Is the Wells Fargo Propel Credit Card Worth It? Heck YES If You Like the 3% Categories, $300 Bonus, and NO Annual Fees

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

There’s a lot to like about the Wells Fargo Propel American Express® Card:  3X points (worth 3% cash back) in several cool categories, travel and purchase protections, and NO annual fee.  Plus, a sign-up bonus of 30,000 bonus points (worth $300 in cash back, travel, gift cards, or other rewards) after completing minimum spending requirements. For non-bonus categories, you’ll earn 1 point …

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CitiBusiness American Airlines Platinum Select benefits and perks: Free checked bags, preferred boarding, and more

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Citi is an MMS advertising partner. If you’re a small business owner and like American Airlines miles, the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® comes packed with benefits that can be worth much more than its $99 annual fee (which is waived for the first 12 months). Among them are: 2 American Airlines miles per dollar in …

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Is the CitiBusiness American Airlines Platinum Select worth it?

Written by Harlan Vaughn @ Million Mile Secrets

Citi is an MMS advertising partner. Aside from a great sign-up bonus of 65,000 American Airlines miles after meeting minimum spending requirements, the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Mastercard® is worth it for small business owners who like to fly American Airlines. You can read our full CitiBusiness AAdvantage review here. It’s a great choice if …

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