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I'm so excited, I just booked my flight to FLL on 6/13/09 (the day before my cruise) and my flight home from MIA on 6/21/09 (debark day). Using award miles I only paid $5 taxes for the non-stop round-trip flights.
I'll be staying the night before the cruise with my mom, who lives in Boynton Beach, then she'll drive me to the Miami port the next morning. I already paid the deposit a few months ago, and will be using my tax refund to pay the balance due. Now, if only the next 11 months would pass quickly! ![]() Valor, here I come!
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Cant beat that!!!!
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wow, that's terrific!!
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Now thats a deal
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I did the same thing! With american express points I booked my round trip tickets to anchorage and back (from vancouver) - all with points! Almost 2000 worth of plane tickets. What a relief! I agree - I have 10 months to wait.
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what airline were you able to book a year in advance?
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I booked on American Airlines, using my AAdvantage points I've built up. I had a balance of just over 75,000 points and just used 25,000 on for my round-trip flight. That will leave 50,000 and I may do yet another cruise in a few years. Whatever I use my my Citibank AAdvantage Mastercard for, I earn points. I used to "charge" my rent to it but at my new townhouse rental they only take checks.
I used 50,000 last year so my son and I could fly free for our Sensation cruise in July 07. We paid for 2 hotel nights one day's rental car and the 4-night cruise. Actually my dad gave me $1500 which coverered most of that. After my June solo cruise, I will try and aim for a cruisemates cruise if there ever is one when i'm able to go - the times during my son's school breaks when he's with his dad.
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With American Express your able to book 300 days out - one flight was all continental airlines. The other was alaska airlines and americian airlines. Collecting points with cards is a great reward --------- when you finally accumulate them! :-)
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wow, 300 days out is a nice deal ! AmEx does have some nice perks for its customers! If you can afford to pay off your bills each month. Not on my budget
![]() For those of us (most!) who have to fly to the cruise ports, frequent flyer miles are a godsend! So until I retire in 18 years, and can move down to mid-Florida (driving distance to most ports), I will keep using my card for groceries, gasoline, anything that I can that I'd normally write a check or pay cash for. If your bank doesn't offer a frequent flyer program tied to a debit or credit card, find one that does! then, pay your mortgage/rent if you possibly can, gas, groceries, etc... using the card. we all know we can't count on the cruise lines to offer a decent rewards cards for cruisers that makes sense and doesn't take you 10 years to earn a 3-day free cruise.
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