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5 Things Other Than Tickets You Can Buy With Your Air Miles

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5 Things Other Than Tickets You Can Buy With Your Air Miles

June 18, 2018

We live in busy times. When most things are readily and immediately available literally at our fingertips, the question is no longer “what can I have?”, but “what don’t I need?” To live a life of purpose and live it well, we need to Marie Kondo the crap out of everything from our wardrobe and our minds, to our social life and, yes, our wallets. Do you really need eight shades of pink lip gloss? The same can be asked of credit cards. Identify the one (or two) that is going to go the extra mile for you, and retire the rest.

For us, a credit card that lets us earn air miles has always been essential. Truth is, we are travelling more — for leisure or for work — we could always use extras. Even if you’re not getting your passport stamped every month and redeeming your miles for air tickets, flight upgrades, hotels stays or to rent a car overseas, all that mileage could go pretty far in subsidising other aspects of your life. Did you know that you can actually pay for stuff like IT gadgets, household supplies, and even support a good cause with your air miles? Well, now you know.

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5 Things Other Than Tickets You Can Buy With Your Air Miles
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Say hello to a new Apple watch you have been eyeing. That is one of many tech-y things you may buy with your air miles online. Thanks to KrisFlyer, the frequent flyer programme of Singapore Airlines, you can redeem your air miles at KrisShop. In case you’re wondering, you can make a full redemption or mix your miles and cash. To profit even more, use a KrisFlyer Amex credit card to earn 2 miles for every S$1 spent. As usual, terms and conditions apply.

Stock up!
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All this talk about air miles may sound fancy schmancy and super atas, but — surprise, surprise — there are actually very grounded ways in which you could use your miles. Bet you didn’t know you could convert KrisFlyer miles into TapForMore points for instant rebates when you shop at Cold Storage, Market Place, Jasons, Giant and even Guardian. See, this is why less is more when it comes to credit cards. The more you use just the one card, the more points you are accumulating, which will save you money even in your every-day essentials.

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Put a smile on someone’s face with your miles. How? Simple. Donate your miles to a meaningful cause. Whether it’s to help a community, children with life-threatening illnesses, provide better living conditions for the less fortunate, or to promote environmental sustainability, every mile makes a difference. See KrisFlyer and Asia Miles (Cathay pacific)for more information.

Hassle-free duty-free
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Asia Miles offers a duty-free pre-flight order service, where you can reserve travel-exclusive items using miles and pick them up on your next Cathay Pacific flight. What a great time to be alive. Some airports and loyalty programs also enable you to redeem airline miles for duty free goods. For instance, you can use Emirates Miles for merchandise at Dubai’s Duty Free stores and Lufthansa Miles & More at participating shops at Munich Airport, or Heinemann duty free shops across countries like Austria, Denmark, Germany and Italy.

Loyalty pays
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It’s a no brainer: If you have a favourite airline, stick to it. It literally pays to be a loyal flyer. Together with an affiliate credit card — for example the AMEX KrisFlyer card — you earn every time you spend, and the more you spend, the more you earn. Before you know it, you’re on your next flight out — for free. And if not free, then at least subsidised. Use your KrisFlyer miles to pay for a part or the full airfare on SIA and other partner airlines like Virgin Atlantic. It’s also possible to redeem vouchers for travel on Scoot.

Share the fun
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The best things in life are shared with someone you love. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe — you may pick anyone to be your redemption nominee, and they, too, could reap the benefits of getting flight upgrades and/or a free air ticket. There are some terms and conditions, however, which you can find on the listed airlines’ website.

READ MORE:
The Best ways To Save Money On Your Holiday This Year
This Is How To Maximise Your Airline Miles For Free Tickets
How To Budget Michelin Starred Dining Into Your Lives

Text: Singsaver / Additional reporting: Sandhya Mahadevan / Photos: 123RF

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