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Article #261: Travelling a million miles per year has its perks!

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






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