Earning Air Miles
You can earn air miles by buying one-way or round-trip airline tickets. Airlines also offer credit cards, which reward your purchases with air miles.
Redeeming Air Miles
You can redeem air miles for free tickets once you have earned the number of miles that the airline requires. You can also use miles for upgrades from standard seating to first class.
Death and Divorce
If you get divorced, your air miles are considered a commodity and can be split as part of the divorce agreement. You may leave your air miles to your next of kin in a will.
History
American Airlines was the first airline to offer a passenger reward program. It rolled out its AAdvantage program in the early 1980s.
Cost of Air Miles
You can use a program called Flying Fish to help determine the cost of the air miles that you earn. You can use it to compare different airline air-mile programs on a cost-per-reward-mile basis.
Article Written By Alan Kirk
Alan Kirk has been writing for online publications since 2006. He has more than 15 years' experience in catering, management and government relations. Kirk has a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Maryland.
