How to make over 5500 miles with just a few reservation on Rocket Miles
Accumulating points without flying is the basis of reward travel, one of the most generous activities in this field is [...]
Accumulating points without flying is the basis of reward travel, one of the most generous activities in this field is to take advantage of hotel reservations.
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A couple of clarifications need to be made, however:
- If you have status with a hotel chain, it is always best to book directly to have access to all privileges and get all benefits
- If you don't have status, don't care, or where you're going to stay has no hotels from your favorite chains, then it's okay to find the best deal
- Not all hotels or OTAs earn points/miles. That is why even in this case it is always best to try to accumulate points in the best possible currency, this means in a plan that allows you to convert points to as many loyalty programs as possible
What is Rocket Miles
Rocket Miles is an OTA, online travel agency, that offers a service similar to Agoda, Trivago and the like. The special feature is that when you make a reservation through the site there is an option to select to which partner you intend to accumulate the points you will earn from the reservation.
The partners are many, virtually all the world's major airlines and more.
The operation is very simple, when you search for a hotel, you already choose the program where you want to allocate the points you earn.
When you register, you can set up the loyalty programs with all the data so that you do not have to repeat the upload every time. Of course, you can have as many loyalty programs as you want and choose the ideal program from time to time.
Because Rocket Miles gives away points, can I trust it?
Rocket Miles is owned by Priceline, an industry bigwig. As is easy, imagine the site earns a percentage on every booking, and the business model calls for a portion of the earnings to be "turned over" to the user who books through precisely miles and points.
In fact, RM buys points/miles from companies and uses them to reward users who book hotels through them.
How many points can you earn
There is no "fee schedule" everything depends on the loyalty program where you want to credit and the type of stay. Speaking of Millemiglia Alitalia, which is one of many partners, you can earn 500 to 10k miles per booking. Same for many other programs.
What you need to understand, however, is that the value changes as the loyalty program changes. For example, the same booking might allow you to accumulate 500 MM points and 800 Avios, which is why if you own multiple programs it is important to do the same search several times.
Then there is the possibility of transferring points not to an airline loyalty program, but also to other types of rewards clubs. We are talking for example about Uber, Amazon Gift club or Heathrow rewards.
Why Heathrow rewards may be the ideal choice
Heathrow rewards is the London airport's loyalty program. It allows you to accumulate points with activities at the airport such as parking, duty free, premium services and more.
The advantage of using this point collection is that it is normally the most generous in terms of points accrued per booking, to which we must then add the fact that HR points can be converted at "very" attractive rates to numerous loyalty programs with a conversion rate of 1:1.
Here it is that if for the same reservation I can either choose Avios directly and earn 800 points or choose HR where I will accumulate 2,000 points, I have to opt for the latter , because the same 2,000 HR points can be exchanged into 2,000 Avios points with a significantly higher gain.
There is a second reason that you should choose HR over that of a single company: not all hotels generate points with all companies, so it will be easier to find the ideal hotel and have more choices.
The promotion for new Rocket Miles customers
If you have never opened your account with Rocket Miles, there is a very interesting promotion that allows you to earn over 5,500 HR points with your first booking. Also thanks to the "introduce a friend" feature, you can get 1,000 points for each friend who registers on the site and accumulate even more points without spending anything.
As you can see, a one-night reservation of only €64 can allow you to earn 5,500 points, but by browsing the site you can find several opportunities to accumulate points during this staycations phase.
In conclusion
The Rocket Miles tool is certainly attractive for all bookings not linked to large hotel chains; the ability to accumulate points across multiple programs is also essential for all those clubs where, in order not to let your miles expire, you need to do activities to keep your points from being lost.
Then there are frequent promotions that can give you, as in this case, many more points than you would normally accumulate and without spending anything more.
