I have an Alaska account and I have the affiliated credit card because it is such a good deal for me. Not only do I accumulate miles from my credit card but I get a companion certificate every year (which I have yet to use ). One of our perks here at AS is that we get miles credited to our account if we meet all of our goals (quarterly with a bonus at the end of the year if we met every month during the year) so the miles build up fast. So what is the fastest way to earn miles? Work for Alaska! We could use the help here in rez.

I just used miles to fly on Delta last week because I had booked a house in Corolla, NC and didn't want to take a chance on nonrevving. 'Course, I booked the tickets in September to fly in May but still . . .I find myself using miles more and more for things I have to make sure I get to.

I am enrolled in several hotel programs and have used them in the past for free rooms when I am going somewhere expensive like DC. They take forever to build up enough points to use, though, so I tend to take years to redeem anything.