| Travelling one million miles in a year on | | | | opportunity to score major benefits. Booking |
| business sounds like it doesn't leave a lot | | | | all flights and paying for all hotel |
| of time for the actual business, but the | | | | accommodation and incidental expenses on one |
| travel rewards are certainly worth it and one | | | | card soon racks up the loyalty points. By |
| lucky Canadian takes full advantage. | | | | using certain cards such as AMEX Platinum, |
| President of ESP Wholesale, Merrick | | | | for example, there are a host of concierge |
| Falkenstein, reckons that he racks up a | | | | services available exclusively to card |
| million miles per year travelling twice a | | | | holders and that is the card that Falkenstein |
| month to see suppliers in China and regularly | | | | currently uses. But, it is just one of many |
| flying to other far-flung places around North | | | | that offer similar benefits, and like all |
| America and the rest of the world. | | | | rewards programs applicants should consider |
| | | | how the benefits suit them before committing. |
| Spending so much time travelling and staying | | | | |
| in hotels around the world qualifies | | | | Many hotel chains offer their own guest |
| Toronto-based Falkenstein for rewards | | | | reward program, and depending upon where he |
| programs by the dozen including frequent | | | | stays in North America, or indeed the world, |
| flyer miles and hotel loyalty programs. The | | | | Falkenstein has a choice of several - |
| biggest challenge that Falkenstein faces is | | | | allowing him to accumulate a range of offers, |
| keeping track of the benefits he's racked up, | | | | such as free overnight stays and upgrades at |
| and how he's going to use them. Imagine the | | | | a selection of hotels. |
| number of free flights or upgrades you could | | | | |
| accumulate just by travelling to China twice | | | | But, the real beauty of travelling so often |
| a month, never mind all the other domestic | | | | for Falkenstein is that, because he |
| and international flights that Falkenstein | | | | accumulates so many air miles each year he |
| takes. But, the well-traveled Canadian | | | | can't spend them all and so turns to his |
| doesn't have to imagine how many free hotel | | | | employees to help him out. He says: "The good |
| nights and free flights he can earn, his | | | | thing is that I'm able to transfer a lot of |
| problems is finding the time to cash them all | | | | air miles to other cards and use them for my |
| in! | | | | employees, meaning that a lot of my staff and |
| | | | not just me, benefit from my frequent |
| Using one credit card to coordinate his | | | | travelling. |
| entire travel budget offers another | | | | |