Why can’t there be an easier way to track miles?

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: September 22, 2009

17 comments

I’ve been taking advantage of so many promotions lately, which means I’m owed lots of miles and points from loyalty programs. As we know, airlines and hotels love to take our money immediately, but when it comes to them owing us something, they take their sweet time, often well over six weeks. Well, right now I’m owed miles and points from 14 different sources through the various promotions I’ve taken advantage of, down from about 25 last week.

What’s rather frustrating to me is that I keep checking my various mileage/points balances obsessively, probably each a dozen times a day, to see whether the miles and points I’m owed have posted. I wish there were some service that tracked all my mileage balances 24/7 and emailed me the second my balance changes. I don’t even want to guess how much time that would save me.

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Travel Too Much Guest

February 23, 2010, 12:32 am

Just recently I discovered AwardWallet.com, which I now use religiously. What impresses me most about the website is how many different programs it tracks, and also the ability to track multiple accounts of the same program, making it easy to keep track of the miles of family members. https://onemileatatime.com/travel-technology/

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Brian Guest

September 23, 2009, 6:05 am

Pageonce emails me every night while I'm cozy in bed with any postings. Like some of the others mentioned, it also keeps track of credit cards and bank/investment accounts. Unfortunately, I still obsessively check my accounts.

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Mark Guest

September 23, 2009, 5:54 am

another plug for yodlee.com it will track your entire financial/points life.

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Scott Guest

September 23, 2009, 2:03 am

take a look at <a href="http://www.acruw.com" rel="nofollow">www.acruw.com</a>. it's a relatively new site that tracks points/miles for all of your travel rewards and even offers guidance on transferring points and calculators about whether to use points or dollars on your next purchase.

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Gary Gold

September 22, 2009, 7:18 pm

More to the point though it would sure be nice if a program reconciled against my spreadsheet of miles that I'm owed! As it is, I have to see that miles have posted, log in to check the detail, and manually remove outstanding items from the spreadsheet...

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