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Getting To Israel For Free With Poor Credit?
« on: March 01, 2011, 06:57:11 PM »
Hi, Dan please answer my question:

I plan on making a trip to Israel for this summer.  First of all, I wanted to know what I can do to make my flight free/cheap with credit card miles/points (something I am not at all familiar with).  If that was not going to work and I was already going to be paying the $1200sh dollars for the flight I wanted to know what credit card I should use as far as rewards go or what I should do to get the most for my money.  The only thing is that for various reasons I have a HORRIBLE credit score and have been denied all recent applications.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks a lot!
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Re: Israel
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 07:00:05 PM »
Also if all of this is impractical-please would you just have some advice on how to make this flight cheapest?  I.E.-How to break the trip up/airlines/stopover destinations/I am very flexible of dates and times of day.  I want to go mid July to mid August.
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Re: Israel
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 07:08:05 PM »
how many points do you have and with wich cc
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Re: Israel
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 07:11:32 PM »
I have no points or anything-I know nothing about it I want to know how to go about it in the best way.
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Re: Israel
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 07:28:27 PM »
Quote from: mannyman on March 01, 2011, 07:11:32 PM
I have no points or anything-I know nothing about it I want to know how to go about it in the best way.

you really need to read through ALL old posts about it...I remember being a NooBe and i still am in allot of ways but just from reading the old posts etc I have been able to get over 300k miles in CO.

You gotta put the work in and everyone over here will help you
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Re: Israel
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 07:30:34 PM »
Thanks just please keep in mind my credit score is probably in the negatives by now.
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Re: Israel
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 07:53:41 PM »
@twentie4hrs
How did you get to 300k?
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Re: Israel
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 08:19:36 PM »
Where'd you get that from?  I don't have anything.  I just want to know if I can get any points or anything like that if I'm spending the money anyway or if I can use any points or miles from other ways.  (besides my question about keeping it cheap without anything else also.)
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Re: Israel
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 08:34:27 PM »
You can go to any citibank and sign up for a American Airlines checking account, and get 25,000 miles. You must keep 6k there for a few months. I think you can also pay around $25 for them to give you a AA debit card, and earn miles that way.
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Re: Israel
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 04:00:52 PM »
That's cool-I wasn't aware of awards checking accounts.  Now, with the miles thing-how does that work? Does that mean that I can fly 25,000 miles for free including a free trip to Israel?
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Re: Israel
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2011, 04:10:36 PM »
Don't forget you will get a hefty tax bill for miles from Citi Checking.
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Re: Israel
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2011, 04:13:24 PM »
Quote from: mannyman on March 02, 2011, 04:00:52 PM
That's cool-I wasn't aware of awards checking accounts.  Now, with the miles thing-how does that work? Does that mean that I can fly 25,000 miles for free including a free trip to Israel?
No. It's enough for a tree ticket in the US, and you can earn more with the debit card. It's a way for someone with poor credit to earn miles.
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