Comments on: Frequent Flyer Miles Hacking: Tips and Tricks to Fly for Free

By: John

John — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:44:30 +0000

Hi Carl,

I am not sure of your problems with Saison. I have the gold Saison Card and always get 1.5 miles per 100 yen spent regardless of where the purchases are. (It shows up as 1 mile per hundred yen with .5 bonus per 100 yen on my statement.) My wife and I haven’t had any problems getting our miles. Perhaps it was a limited offer when we signed up about 3 years ago but 1.5 miles per 100 yen was the best deal we could find at the time. I also had an American Express Gold card, but canceled it because of the high yearly fees.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:14:32 +0000

Thanks for your post! I also live in Japan and I have a JCB Gold credit card, they are now offering 1 miles per 100 yen and 1.5 miles peru 100 yen from January 2012. One question, can you tell me why you found Saison Gold Card better than JCB? I also have an international Saison United credit card, but I hate Saison only counts domestic purchases for miles. I like that when I get my JCB monthly bill if it says I don’t know 800.000 yen, then I know I will get 8.000 miles (from January 12.000 miles) but in the case of the Saison United Card is a mess sometimes I spend 500.000 yen and I get only 4.000 miles, the next month I spend again 500.000 and I get only 2.500 miles. Anyway why do you think of the JCB United Card? Do you think Saison is better than JCB to get more miles faster?

By: John

John — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:51:59 +0000

We use the Saison credit cards with United Airlines.

By: sendaiben

sendaiben — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:10:45 +0000

Hi John

Could you tell me which card you have? The best I have found in Japan is 1 mile per 100 yen, so 1.5 sounds great! Good luck with your last-minute preparations!

All the best

sendaiben

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The Joy of Booking a Flight | Wandering Earl — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:17:12 +0000

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By: Chris C. Ducker

Chris C. Ducker — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:49:57 +0000

John

Absolutely AWESOME post – and very timely, too. I just caught George Clooney in ‘Up in the Air’, if you havent seen it – check it out, strikes this whole thing home…

I fly a lot. And because of the worldwide travel i do I am a member of three FF programs. One here in Asia, one in the US and one is Europe (although the Asian based one – Cathay Pacific’s ‘Marco Polo’ club is the best as it crosses over pretty much everywhere nowadays with partners, etc).

Star Alliance is also a great set-up, and yes, easy to get bumped up when you’ve done a few miles with them. I regularly get bumped from Business to First with Cathay.

Anyway, just wanted to touch base and say I love the blog, its great – and if you’re interested, let’s hook up on something together – lots of synergy, I think.

Cheers,
Chris
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By: Tanner

Tanner — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:15:51 +0000

Hey John, Just found out a site where you can trade your frequent flyer miles with other people through a site called points.com. .-= Tanner´s last blog ..How to Find Viable Business Ideas =-.

By: Anil

Anil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:57:08 +0000

Great post, it hurts me on the inside when I hear people who’ve traveled quite a bit say, “I’m not signed up to any mile programs.” Once you use them to get a free ticket or an upgrade you kick yourself for not having signed up sooner. So easy to do and it’s very neglected – also, same with stopovers.

By: John

John — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:46 +0000

I am jealous Alan. I wish we had those bonuses in Japan. 30,000 miles is huge.

By: John

John — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:00 +0000

Hi Phil,

The same is true in Japan. It seems only Americans get all of those generous credit card sign up bonuses.

Which country has the highest personal credit card debt in the world again?