Ngaba ufanele ugcine iMiles yakho okanye 'Ukufumana nokutsha'?

Siyicinga ngempumelelo kunye nokuxhamla kwekhetho ngalinye.

Esinye sezimpikiswano ezinkulu ngaphakathi kwintlalo ehamba ngeeflaya kungakhathaliseki ukuba kunengqiqo ukuhamba ngamamayela, mhlawumbi ngethemba lokuba olunye usuku luza kukhulula i-adventure ye-First Class adventure kuyo yonke intsapho, okanye ukukhupha iikhilomitha kwaye ubeke ngokukhawuleza umzamo wokubetha ukuhlaziywa okungenakukupheka. Njengawo onke amanqaku ahamba-ahambelana nokuhamba, kuphelele ukuya kumhambi kunye nomqokeleli, kodwa kukho ezinye iinkonzo kunye neengxaki zokuba ziqwalasele.

Makhe sihlolisise ukhetho ngalunye, ukuba sibone oko kukunika ingqiqo.

Ukwakha ibhalansi

Isizathu esihle sokuqokelela amawaka angaphezulu nangaphezulu ngaphandle kokwenza uhlawulelo olulodwa kukuba uyasindisa "i-award". Ngokuqhelekileyo, ezi zihamba ngeenqwelomoya ze-continental kwi-cabin premium, makube kwiBhizinisi okanye kwiKlasi yokuQala, ngokugqithisela omnye umgibeli. Ngokuqhelekileyo, kuya kuthatha iinyanga okanye iminyaka ukuyigcina kule hlobo lokubonga, ngoko akukho enye indlela yokuhamba ngayo xa uceba ukubhuka itekiti nganye usebenzisa ibhalansi yeeyure.

Enye indlela yokuphepha ukulibaziseka ixesha elide phakathi kokuba uqala ukudala ibhalansi kwaye xa unelungelo lokuhlengwa okukhulu ukuhlukanisa uxanduva lokufumana umthwalo kunye nabahlobo okanye amalungu omndeni abaceba ukujoyina uhambo lwakho lokufuna. Iibhonasi zokubhalisa ngekhadi lokuthenga ngekhredithi zingahamba ixesha elide kakhulu ekuphuculeni ibhalansi yakho, kwaye ukuba wonke umntu kwiqela lakho ajoyine imikhosi, uya kukwazi ukubhala i-adventure yakho ngokukhawuleza.

Esi sicwangciso sinceda kakhulu emva kokuba i-airline ivakalise ukuhlaziywa, ngoko unokwandisa ibhalansi yakho kwaye ubhale ibhaso phambi kokuba amaxabiso aphakame kakhulu.

Ukuba uhambo olukhulu alukho kwikamva lakho, kunjalo, akunangqiqo ukukhahlela ngamakhulu amawaka eekhilomitha ngaphambi kokubhengeza ibhaso. Ezinye iiflaya eziqhelekileyo ziqokelela iikhilomitha nje ngenjongo yokuqokelela, kwaye zihlala zilahlekelwa ngamathuba amakhulu okuhlengwa.

Endaweni yoko, kufuneka usebenzise iikhilomitha zakho ngezihlandlo zokuhamba uhambo lokugqibela ukuya kwintsapho okanye ikhefu lexesha elithile eliza kuhlawulwa.

"Fumana uze utshise"

Ngokuqhelekileyo, kucetyiswa ukuba usebenzise iikhilomitha zakho njengoko uzifumana. Kufuneka uqhubeke ukwakha ibhalansi yakho xa uceba ukukhululwa, kodwa ungathengi iimitha okanye uphume kwindlela yakho ukuze ufumane iimitha ozidingayo ngezinye iindlela. Emva kokuba unenani elilinganayo leeekhilomitha kwi-akhawunti yakho, ixesha lokuba uqale ukucwangcisa uhambo lwakho olulandelayo. Thatha iveki ede ukufumana indawo entsha yokuhlala, okanye uhlahlele kwiiCaribbean iintsuku ezimbalwa zokuphumla nokuphumula. Oko akufanele uyenze kuyisebenzisa iikhilomitha zakho kunye neengongoma zorhwebo, ngaphandle kokuba ungalindele ukwakha ibhalansi ngokwaneleyo kwendiza okanye kwigumbi lehotele kunye nenkqubo ethile yeenqwelo-moya okanye inkqubo yehotele.

Amanqaku axabisekileyo

Ngexa ufanele usebenzise iimayela zakho ezihamba rhoqo kunye neehotele xa usenakho okwaneleyo ukuhlawulela, amanqaku exabiso elizinzileyo, njengalezo ozifumana kwiBarclaycard, Chase okanye i-American Express zigcina ixabiso lawo nje kuphela xa uceba ukusebenzisa ukuba bahlawulelwe ngemali efanayo, kwaye bahlaziywa kuphela kwizinga eliqhelekileyo lokunyuka kwamaxabiso.

Ngamanye amazwi, amaphuzu angama-10,000 axabisa i-$ 100 namhlanje aya kuthwala ixabiso elifanayo lemali ngonyaka phantsi komgwaqo, kodwa ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso emandla, amandla abo okuthenga anganciphisa ixesha elithile.

Kumele ube neengongoma ezixabiso elizinzileyo njengokuba uza kuthenga imali, nangona kunjalo, kwaye usebenzise iikhilomitha ezihamba phambili zeeflaya kunye namaziko ehotele kuqala xa kukho ixabiso lokuhlengwa libonakala lifanelekileyo. Ukuba usebenza kumgangatho othile wezinga elityala, kunjalo, kungenza kube nengqiqo ukusetyenziswa kwamanqaku exabiso elizinzileyo kwiimitha zee-airline, ukuze ufumane i-credit-qualifying credit to airline.