What is it like to fly with redemption miles?

¿Cómo is to fly with exchange of miles? Today I tell you its advantages, disadvantages and everything you should know for your pró1st trip using miles.

We are always passionate about traveling and being inside an airplane.ón even if it's for a short flight is the goal of many. be for vacation, work or other needs, transport us by vía aéArea requires planningón, especially if we seek save us some dóhomes.

One way to save is to redeem miles or kiloómeters (themselvesún the aerolínea can change), that if you are part of somethingún loyalty programón allow usá travel paying less or sometimes, not paying anything.

Today I present to you a brief, but práctica guía about cóWhat is it like to fly when redeeming miles and the considerations you should have, where alsoén generé a video with a lot of máwith informationóWhat I recommend you watch and share:

Flying with redemption of miles

First we must understand that redeeming miles is not the same in all countries.íses nor in all the aerolídenies, so this is a guía básica, así that consults directly with your airlineíneas or favorite programs about téspecific terms and conditionsífics that could exist.

loyalty programs

If you fly with your miles, surely you accumulated them for different reasons, I present now the ways to do it:

• Flying with your airplaneíaffiliated company and adding miles for flights.
• Participating in a paid accumulation programón en tu aerolínea.
• Accumulating miles for consumption with credit cardséhere.
• Others.

As you can see, There are several ways to collect, be like an aerosolídirectly or with a program cr cardéhere.

In my case, for the example flight that I posted on YouTube I usedé my miles LATAM Pass.

Payment of fees and taxes

In the case ofátic of this example, yo pagué $43 dólares for a round trip ticket between Quito and Guayaquil, what it includedó Taxes and fees más a mileage redemption fee (this value was new to me).

There are other accumulation programsón like those of some banks, where total miles redeemed include fees and taxes, so you don't pay anythingún money value for the ticket.

Luggage and whaté includes

Whaté includes and whaté not the rate dependá exclusively from the fare family you select and from the airlineínea. Sayún the program the fewer miles you pay, minors beán your benefits. In my particular case I opté by the tariff family más básica, so I only included myselfó an artípersonal culo or backpack.

It also does not include a carry-on bag., suitcase in hold, preferential boarding or selectionóseat number, but if I redeem más miles, you can include these benefits in your trip.

Upgrade the categoryías premium

Equally, if you want to fly in a better categoryíthat it is not Económica, you can redeem más miles for better seats, business o premium economy según be each aerosolínea.

¿Cuáhow many miles are needed?

It all depends on your anticipationópurchase number, the same as if you buy with money, so I recommend doing it in advance and above all, Be on the lookout for promotions to redeem miles that different programs and Aerolíneas launch from time to time.

¿It pays to redeem miles?

With the publicationówhere is the video, some people told me it's not worth it for sun flightséstatic, but everything dependsá of your needs and even economic conditionsómicas, so beá subjective to each persona.

My recommendationón is to carefully analyze each travel circumstance and thusí you can determine by adding the rates, taxes, additional suitcases and demás, If it is better for you to use your miles or save them for a shorter flightás long wherever más helpful.

In the end, If you travel with miles the experience will beá the same as doing it with money, with the difference is that there will beás spent más or less silver (although accumulating miles tooén implies an investmentón).

¿They have traveled redeeming miles? Cuétell me your experience in the comments.