Find Mileage Redemptions

Add To Your Miles:

Buy More Miles From The Airlines

The airlines allow you to purchase additional miles to meet their ticket redemption requirements. Program rules vary.

• American Airlines AAdvantage purchase
• Delta SkyMiles purchase
• Southwest Rapid Rewards Buy Points
• United Mileage Plus purchase
• US Airways Dividend Miles purchase

Add To Your Miles:

Transfer Reward Points To Miles

You can transfer points earned from a few other loyalty programs into your frequent flyer mile accounts:

• American Express Membership Rewards
• Chase Ultimate Rewards

Convert Your Miles:
Mileage Converter
This tool show you how to transfer miles out of your frequent flyer accounts to other other frequent travel programs - and shows you exactly what you'll end up with.
-- From WebFlyer 

Convert Your Miles:
The Points Exchange
You can exchange points and miles between 2 loyalty programs, such as exchange your mileage for a few cups of Starbuck coffee. Beware, you may forfeit a big chunk of your mileage value!
-- From Points.com 

Convert Your Miles:

Convert Your Miles Through Airline Programs

Many airlines have set up programs where you can convert your miles to non-airline rewards, such as hotel stays, car rentals, vacation packages, gift cards, magazine subscriptions, catalog purchases, and more.

• American Airlines AAdvantage conversion
• Delta SkyMiles conversion
• Southwest Rapid Rewards conversion
• United Mileage Plus conversion
• US Airways Dividend Miles conversion

Convert Your Miles:

Redeem Miles Between Members of Global Alliances

Most major airlines now belong to global alliances, where you can redeem your miles earned from one member with another alliance member. This is mostly useful for miles earned between domestic and international flights.

• oneworld -- American Airlines and its partners
• SkyTeam -- Delta and its partners
• Star Alliance -- United and its partners

Donate Your Miles:
Donate Your Miles To Our Troops
Operation Hero Miles uses donated frequently flier miles to provide airline tickets to wounded, injured, and ill service members and their families.
-- From Fisher House Foundation 

Donate Your Miles:

Donate Your Miles To Relief and Charity Organizations

Your donated miles help these organizations provide relief to the needy worldwide.

• American Red Cross
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Miracle Flights
• The Salvation Army

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Donate Your Miles:

Donate Your Miles Through Airline Programs

Many airlines have set up programs where you can donate miles to various charities and causes.

• American Airlines Miles For Charity
• Delta SkyWish Donation
• United Charity Miles
• US Airways Dividend Miles Charity Program

Donate Your Miles:

Questions About Miles Donation

Some most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about donating your miles to charity:

• Are miles given to charity tax-deductible?
• MileDonor Donation FAQ

Share Your Miles:

Share Your Miles To Friends & Family

Many airlines allow you to share your miles by transferring them to family members, and even friends. There is usually a transaction fee and possibly a cost per mile associated with such transfer.

• American Airlines AA Miles transfer
• Delta SkyMiles transfer
• Southwest Rapid Rewards transfer
• United Mileage Plus transfer

Sell Your Miles:

Sell Your Miles To Public

All the airlines' frequent mileage programs prohibit you from selling your unused mileage points. So don't even think about doing this. However if you do think about it, there are facilitating brokers.

Sell Your Miles:

Sell Your Miles To Friends And Family

There is nothing to prevent you to give your miles to friends and family members via the airlines' own share miles program, and receive a token of appreciation back. To help settle the value of a mile, you can see how much the airlines sell the miles to you, or search the Web for:

• What miles and points are worth
• How much are your frequent flyer miles really worth?

Discuss Your Miles:

Discuss Your Miles On Forums

Still don't know what to do with your miles? Join these forums about frequent flyer programs and discuss with like-minded travelers.

• FlyerTalk forums
• Frequent Flier forums
• Milepoint forums

Discuss Your Miles:

Compare Your Miles

No discussion is complete without a comparison between different frequent flyer programs. You can plan for the future by selecting the best airline for your mile collection.

• Compare with FindTheBest
• Side-by-side comparisons
• Best Frequent Flyer Programs For 2013