When you are in consulting, you rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles and hotel points, but you don't have a lot of time to manage them. Every consultant I know has lost points due to weird expiration rules, and I once tried to redeem my Delta miles for a flight, only to find out that my miles had expired 8 months earlier (and Delta, of course, never told me that they had expired).
What would be really helpful is a site that allowed you to track and manage all your frequent flyer miles and points in one place. A single place that shows me all the relevant promotions and deals out there for my programs. A single place to tell me when my miles are going to expire, and shows me how to protect them from expiring.
Turns out there's a site that does that today - GoMiles.com.
It is still in private beta, but I like what I see and I'm using it to manage all of my (and Mrs. Ninja's) frequent flyer, hotel, car, and AMEX accounts. Check it out.
https://www.GoMiles.com
Referral Code: NINJA-FRIENDS
(Full disclosure: I know one of the founders from when he was in NYC.)
Monday, September 27, 2010
How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles
Posted by
Consultant Ninja
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9:15 PM
Labels:
Consulting,
Productivity,
Visualization
16 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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Nice idea, unfortunately the site doesn't work. Of the 5 accounts I uploaded it didn't accurately pull any of the existing miles/points.
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September 28, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Consultant Ninja said...
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Hey Anon-
Sometimes I've seen a big delay in the response time too, but after a while they all usually come in. Probably why it's still in a private beta. -
September 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- The ANALyst said...
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There's also Points.com. You can even swap points here.
BTW can anyone tell me how to get Avis miles? They don't seem to have a miles program of their own, but you can accrue airline miles. I never seem to be able to do it :( -
October 10, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Consultant Ninja said...
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I like the interface on gomiles.com a lot more. Plus, Points.com is always trying to dupe me into convert 30K united miles to 3K american miles.
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October 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- paul said...
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October 28, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- Shawn said...
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I like Tripit Pro's point tracker system. Plus, it integrates with the rest of Tripit's functionality. Not sure if it has all the features y'all are discussing, though.
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November 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Akash Bhatia said...
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Thanks for the tip. Looks interesting (and useful).
Akash
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November 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- andrea said...
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nice advice hope for improvement
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February 11, 2011 at 8:30 AM
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March 11, 2011 at 1:43 AM
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March 14, 2011 at 2:57 AM
- Martha said...
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March 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM
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March 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM
- Applied Lasers said...
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BTW can anyone tell me how to get Avis miles? They don't seem to have a miles program of their own, but you can accrue airline miles.Good Article. thanks
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April 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM
- Consulting Georgia said...
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October 13, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- Patent Invalidity Search Company said...
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I like Tripit Professionals factor tracking program system. Plus, it combines with the relax of Tripit's performance. Not sure if it has all the functions y'all are talking about, though.
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April 3, 2012 at 1:20 AM
- Patent commercialization said...
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I like the program on gomiles.com a lot more. Plus, Factors.com is always trying to deceive me into turn 30K combined kilometers to 3K combined states kilometers.
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April 5, 2012 at 6:58 AM