Who has the most airline/travel miles saved up?

[Mxylplyx]

Right now, I'm sitting at 782,645 between all my programs (chase, southwest, barclays, delta, united, usair, American)

I dont think I will ever pay for a flight again.

What you got?

/brag

 

[Dankk]

How do you manage to save up that much?

 

[Oyeve]

How do you manage to save up that much?

Hes probably a stewardess.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Signup bonuses, and putting every dime I spend on credit cards, different ones depending on category bonuses, and paying them off every month. This was mostly on one credit profile, ie my own, but I just realized a few months ago that they amended income reporting requirements a few years ago so non-working spouses can claim household income on credit card applications, so I'm starting to get a bunch of signup bonuses under my wife's name as well.

 

[Exterous]

My wife and I are somewhere in the 1.25-1.5 million range. They aren't points but I've also got a couple of free day rentals from National Car as well. Of course it also matters what points they are as some are a bit more valuable than others

 

[Rakehellion]

None, because I just get cash back like a normal person.

 

[maddogchen]

1 BILLION miles. I just need 9 billion more miles to get a free flight...

 

[blipblop]

Numbers are below. I traveled quite a bit at my first job out of college for 5 years. Just changed jobs 4 months ago and I actually want to travel for my vacation!

Weak numbers compared to some on flyertalk.

AA Miles - ~ 1.9M (Lifetime Plat)
HHonor - ~ 1.1M
Hyatt - 600k
Amex MR - ~ 1.3M

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Numbers are below. I traveled quite a bit at my first job out of college for 5 years. Just changed jobs 4 months ago and I actually want to travel for my vacation!

Weak numbers compared to some on flyertalk.

AA Miles - ~ 1.9M (Lifetime Plat)
HHonor - ~ 1.1M
Hyatt - 600k
Amex MR - ~ 1.3M

I'm looking for some Amex and HHonor points for an upcoming trip.

 

[Mxylplyx]

None, because I just get cash back like a normal person.

If you have any interest in traveling, travel rewards are much more lucrative than cash back. I could spend just a fraction of my points for a pair of tickets to the Seychelles islands that would cost over 12k in cash. Those points would be worth less than $1500 if I actually redeemed for cash.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Numbers are below. I traveled quite a bit at my first job out of college for 5 years. Just changed jobs 4 months ago and I actually want to travel for my vacation!

Weak numbers compared to some on flyertalk.

AA Miles - ~ 1.9M (Lifetime Plat)
HHonor - ~ 1.1M
Hyatt - 600k
Amex MR - ~ 1.3M

Yep, you win. Congratulations on having the whole world as your playground.

 

[Kelvrick]

Yep, you win. Congratulations on having the whole world as your playground.

Those Hilton points are almost worthless now (at nicer hotels) or in big cities. That is still a lot, but it can probably only get you like 10 nights at a big city non "suites" hotel.

I have

250k Hilton Honors
100k Hyatt
100k Delta (even more worthless)
100k Alaska Airlines
30k Southwest

 

[dr150]

Numbers are below. I traveled quite a bit at my first job out of college for 5 years. Just changed jobs 4 months ago and I actually want to travel for my vacation!

Weak numbers compared to some on flyertalk.

AA Miles - ~ 1.9M (Lifetime Plat)
HHonor - ~ 1.1M
Hyatt - 600k
Amex MR - ~ 1.3M

Looks like being a mailbox insurance salesman pays off.

 

[Rakehellion]

If you have any interest in traveling, travel rewards are much more lucrative than cash back. I could spend just a fraction of my points for a pair of tickets to the Seychelles islands that would cost over 12k in cash. Those points would be worth less than $1500 if I actually redeemed for cash.

I've never heard of any rewards program offering more than 3%.

 

[RichieZ]

250K SPG
200K MR
170K UA
150K AA
150K UR
105K DL (Skypesos!)

 

[FearoftheNight]

250K SPG
200K MR
170K UA
150K AA
150K UR
105K DL (Skypesos!)

jesus how did you get so many spg pts?

 

[EvilYoda]

I agree that the real winners won't say a word...I have a few hundred thousand Delta miles probably just north of a million?

I have at least 10 friends who could shame me in terms of miles/points.

 

[pcgeek11]

Not even 1.

 

[RichieZ]

jesus how did you get so many spg pts?

back when the economy was bad (2005-2008) SPG used to run tons of promos, I used to check in and out everyday when there was more than 1 starwood hotel in the city I was staffed in and would avg like 2-3K points a night

that was the only good part of being a consultant

 

[FearoftheNight]

back when the economy was bad (2005-2008) SPG used to run tons of promos, I used to check in and out everyday when there was more than 1 starwood hotel in the city I was staffed in and would avg like 2-3K points a night

that was the only good part of being a consultant, only wish I had made lifetime plat

any big plans with that bank?

 

[DaWhim]

almost 200k for SPG, straight from spending on my biz card. paid stay is very rare.
almost 200k for united, from sign up bonus.
almost 100k for citi thankyou points.
80k for AA, signup bonus and made 44k milesage from aadvantageeshopping
58k on UR, because i redeemed them for cash. just checked, redeemed 300k UR points since 9/2013. hah....

 

[Exterous]

Those Hilton points are almost worthless now (at nicer hotels) or in big cities.

Sure the point valuation is low but hilton points are stupidly easy to earn. I would regularly earn ~32 points per dollar spent before any promotions (which often netted an additional 10-15 points per dollar spent) Combine that with the ability to earn upwards of 480,000 points per year through credit card sign up bonuses and you can get a lot of utility out of them