How to use accumulated miles. How to buy a ticket with Aeroflot miles: how many bonuses do you need, how to spend them

Greetings to all readers of my blog! Today it’s time to continue the review of bank cards, perfect suitable for travel. In previous reviews, we looked at which option is best to choose for purchases abroad, and also touched upon the issue of banking products for travel ( bargain tickets). Today I’ll take a closer look at how to accumulate miles and what offers are best suited for this.

How are miles awarded?

Personally, I managed to try out the offers of Alfa Bank and Tinkoff. For example, at Alfa Bank Even the name says that the product is positioned as a travel option - Alfa Miles. Read more about the conditions for working with it below.

In essence, this is an ordinary debit/credit card, but the bank allows you to accumulate bonus funds and use them to purchase railway/air tickets, book hotel rooms, that is, pay for everything related to travel. Conditions vary depending on the specific bank. For those who are planning a trip abroad, I recommend - you can good savings by reducing costs when converting money into the desired currency.

In fact, this is a regular bonus that many banks award for various purchases. It’s just that the name of the bonus funds was chosen so that it immediately indicates that the product is aimed specifically at travelers. Besides:

  • Increased bonus offered specifically for payment from plastic purchases different types tickets;
  • Behind bonus miles you can pay 100% of the ticket price. Payment of other travel expenses depends on the bank, some allow it, others do not.

As for how to accumulate such a gift from the bank, I advise use plastic more often to pay for everyday expenses. If you need to buy a ticket, be sure to pay for it with a card. For example, I in 2 months Unbeknownst to myself, I accumulated a bonus on my Alfa Bank card, which was enough to pay 100% of the cost of an air ticket in Russia.

How much can you earn

There are a number of restrictions on the transfer of funds to a bonus account (depending on the specific bank). They do not allow customers, for example, to abuse this service by simply transferring money from one account to another. In addition, not all categories of purchases are taken into account by the bank; some are not charged. I recommend before opening a card with miles study the terms and conditions very carefully jar.

For example, Alpha has them Not will be credited:

  • For withdrawing money from any ATM;
  • For transfers of money to the accounts of other banks and the accounts of the AB itself. Replenishment of EPS wallets (Qiwi, YaD, WebMoney, etc.) is also not taken into account.
  • For paying bets in casinos/totalizators;
  • For payment in favor of pawnshops, insurance companies, and any financial institutions;
  • If plastic was used for purchases in favor of legal entities. For example, purchasing equipment and furniture for a company - you will not get anything for such an expense.

You can find out whether you will receive a replenishment of your bonus account by Merchant ID, on the Alpha website There is a list of transaction codes for which miles are not credited to your account.

Concerning limit according to the number of accumulated bonus miles, then it does not exist. So The more actively you spend money, the faster your bonus account will grow. You can calculate miles using an online calculator on the bank’s website.

The accrual will not occur instantly, but 1 time per month, you can track the status of your bonus account via Personal Area. Welcome miles will be credited only if you make your first purchase within 45 days after its release.

What and how can you spend it?

Options for how to spend bonus miles depend on the bank. Some allow you to pay with them only for the purchase of air or train tickets, others - for renting a hotel room. This may also apply to the purchase of goods/services from a bank partner.

For example, in the case of Alpha, you can purchase an air ticket using accumulated miles directly through the Aeroflot website. Just in the ticket booking window under the currency selection field a corresponding option appeared. When booking hotels through the Aeroflot website, this option is also available.

There is a calculator on the bank’s website, you can estimate how much the accumulated bonus will be enough for. It does not display the cost of the ticket in miles; it only indicates which trip the bonus savings will be enough for. In general, it is quite possible to pay for an air ticket in Russia or to neighboring countries even if your average monthly expenses are at an average level.


If you plan actively make purchases abroad, think about the Alfa Bank dollar card, and points will accumulate quickly, And you won’t have to overpay for conversion. this issue is considered separately.

Options on the market

Proposals from Alpha and Tinkoff – not the only ones, but these banks are the most intelligently organized + I have personal experience work with them, so I will dwell on them in more detail. The cards are really worth it.

Alfa Bank offers

Alpha offers to buy a ticket using miles with 100% payment of its cost using bonus funds. There are several options suitable for travel, I will compare them in tabular form.

Bonus miles for spending 30 rubles/1$/0.8€

Welcome bonus in miles

What can you spend bonuses on?

Additional features

1 500 599, package “Optimum”Payment for tickets for air and railway transport, car rental, hotel rooms-
1.5 1000 3500, “Comfort” packageTravel insurance
1.75 1000 0, package "Maximum"0% commission for cash withdrawals abroad, you can instantly link an account in foreign currency

If paying with miles is not possible because there are not enough points, you can purchase more. This offer applies to all types of cards.


The table above shows the conditions for working with debit cards, but Alfa Bank also issues credit cards of such a type. Basic conditions for them (accrual procedure, number of welcome points) the same as for debit, so I will focus only on their “credit” characteristics.

Maintenance cost, rub./year

Credit limit, rub.

Grace period, days (grace)

Loan rate, %

from 990300 000 60 23.99
from 2490300 000
from 4990up to 1 million

If you plan to store large sums of money on plastic, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with.


There is another interesting option - Russian Railways proposal, it is also considered a good way to travel. True, unlike the previous ones, miles are not accrued here, but work is carried out with regular points. There is also an option with debit cards and credit cards; I will provide a table for credit cards.

Bonus points for spending 30 rubles/1$/0.8€

Welcome bonus, points

Credit limit, rub.

Maintenance cost, rub./year

What can you spend bonus points on?

Additional features

1.25 500 Up to 300,000From 790Payment for Russian Railways tickets, credit cards of this type are “tailored” specifically for traveling by railTravel insurance
1.75 1000 Up to 500,000From 2490
2 Up to 1 millionFrom 4990

For all credit cards of this type the rate is equal to 23,99% , grace period – 60 days. It begins to count after the first purchase using borrowed funds.

Apply for an Alpha Russian Railways credit card

In addition to the above offers, Alpha also has an offer Aeroflot. According to it, the accrual reaches 2 miles for 30 rubles/1$/1€. I haven’t worked with it yet, the conditions are similar to Alfa-Miles. If you are planning trips abroad, I would recommend thinking about multicurrency map, don't pass by. This way you won’t spend too much on conversions.


Please note one thing, I didn’t pay attention to it right away - points will be awarded only for an amount divisible by 30 rubles/1$/0.8€ (or other amount specified in the description). For example, you made a purchase on 115 rubles, in this case, you will be credited with 3 miles using Alfa-Miles, and the rest (not a multiple of 30 rubles, that is, as much 25 rubles in this example) will be discarded and not taken into account by the system. It’s a small thing, but it affects the size of the final accrual. Advice on how to get the same miles - spend your money more actively, and as expenses increase, the growth rate of the bonus account will also increase.

What will Tinkoff please?

Although I put this bank in second place on the list, but in my personal rating it is on par with Alfa Bank, taking an honorable first place. Tinkoff's main offer is All Airlines travel card(there is both a credit card and a debit card).

Bonuses

  • 8% — car reservation, payment for a hotel room;
  • 3% - air and train tickets;
  • 1.5% - other categories of expenses;
  • up to 30% on special offers from partners.

Maintenance cost

299 rubles per month if you take out a cash loan from the bank. With a balance of 100 thousand service free.

What can you spend bonuses on?

Buying tickets.

Additional features

  • Traveler's insurance;
  • When removing more than 3000 rubles Tinkoff does not charge a commission (this also applies to cash withdrawals abroad);
  • When transferring up to 20,000 rubles per month to cards of other banks zero commission;
  • 6% per annum on the balance.

This is not the only option for a traveler. Not a bad option - S7, miles accrued on it are approximately the same as in the offer from Alpha, but there is an advantage in the form of free cash withdrawals. Occasionally get a job closed ticket sales, I haven’t come across such offers yet, but judging by the reviews of other bank clients, there is a chance to buy the right ticket significantly cheaper than the market price.

Apply for a TKS All Airlines debit


For a credit card, the limit is set at 700,000 rub., interest on borrowed funds is 18.9%, maintenance will cost 1890 rub. in a year. The grace period is 55 days from the start of using borrowed funds. Miles for purchases are accrued a little more actively than with a debit card, for example, for booking a car, hotel rooms will no longer be credited 8%, but 10% of the amount spent.

Apply for a TKS All Airlines credit card

1.5 3000 when issued between October 31 and December 31, 20173500 or 120$/120€ 2 12,000 or 250$/250€

The Aeroflot card will accrue a bonus much slower compared to Alpha and Tinkoff, if payments are made in rubles. So if you often make purchases in Russian currency, the offer from Sberbank is unprofitable - the accumulation will continue doubled slower.


I will also note high cost of maintenance. According to this parameter, both Alpha and Tinkoff on the head bypassing Sberbank. As for how to use accumulated Aeroflot miles, you can spend them on purchasing tickets Aeroflot And SkyTeam, use to upgrade your service class, purchase of goods from bank partners. They cannot be used, for example, to pay for a car rental or a hotel room. Another option - participation in a charity event.

VTB - world map


The bank is positioned as an ideal option for those who travel a lot by any type of transport.

Bonus miles

Depends on expenses:

  • 5-15 thousand – 1%;
  • 15-75 thousand – 2%;
  • over 75 thousand – 4%.

During the first month of use the bonus is awarded in the amount 4% of any amount.

Maintenance cost

0 subject to active use.

What can you spend bonuses on?

  • Purchasing tickets (air and railway), paying for hotel rooms. Work with 800 airlines and 100 thousand hotels is supported.
  • Rent a Car.

Additional features

  • The bank will charge 7% per annum on the account balance;
  • You can withdraw money without commission from any ATM in the amount of up to 150 thousand rubles;
  • All online payments for the same amount are also free.

To pay for a ticket, the exchange rate is mile: ruble 1:1 .

One of the disadvantages of this proposal is the small percentage at relatively low costs. It can only be recommended if you are planning to commit large purchases, in this case the bonus will be noticeable; in all other cases, Alfa and Tinkoff are preferable.

results

All of the travel offers listed are worthy of consideration. Personally, I used Alfa Bank and Tinkoff, no comments. Compared to the same Sberbank or VTB, I personally liked the larger number of miles for ruble expenses with Alfa; Tinkoff is also at a high level in this matter.

I advise you not to focus on the question of how to earn miles, but just use the card as usual. Using personal example, I was convinced that in a couple of months it is quite possible to accumulate bonuses to pay for a ticket.

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Due to the crisis, it has become more difficult to accumulate bonus miles for an award flight - banks have increased their cost, and airlines have increased the taxes and fees required to purchase a ticket. In addition, if there is no income to the bonus account for several years, the accumulated miles “burn out.” Not everyone knows that even a small number of miles can be spent.

Aeroflot

The cheapest bonus ticket within special offers Aeroflot costs 15,000 miles. Moreover, if the account holder has at least 1,769 miles, then they can be used to purchase a certificate for a movie ticket (at a regional cinema). For Muscovites, the cheapest certificate will cost 2,222 miles. You can also exchange miles for going to a restaurant, visiting a water park, bowling alley, various shops, etc.

Examples of rewards in the Aeroflot bonus program:

  • gift certificate to the Korablik store in the amount of 500 rubles. – 2208 miles;
  • certificate for the IL Patio restaurant chain in the amount of 500 rubles. – 2298 miles (for 3000 rubles – 13650 miles);
  • Eldorado store certificate in the amount of 1000 rubles. – 4490 miles (per 10,000 rubles – 45354 miles);
  • TGI Fridays certificate in the amount of 1500 rubles. – 6783 miles;
  • certificate for visiting the water park in the amount of 1,500 rubles. – 6837 miles.

The full catalog can be found at the link -

Almost all airlines offer to donate accumulated miles to charity. If you have 5,000 miles or more in your account, then at least 1,000 miles can be donated to the Gift of Life, Life Line, International charitable foundation Spivakov or to the Kommersant Publishing House Relief Fund. The miles will be spent on free transportation for children who need medical care and air tickets for talented children.

Miles can be spent through your personal account on the website.

UTair

The second largest air carrier in Russia has a bonus program “Status”. In addition to tickets, miles can be used to purchase accommodation in expensive hotels. For example, a room at the Ambassador Hotel (St. Petersburg) will cost 36,000 miles per night in the low season and 45,000 miles in the high season. Two days at the Moscow Baltschug Kempinski hotel cost 45,000 miles, and at the Wellness Hotel Yugorskaya Dolina (Khanty-Mansiysk) you need to pay 12,000 miles for one night in a double room.

You can spend miles on the website.

Siberia Airlines offers to spend unnecessary miles on the Ordinary Miracle Children's Charitable Foundation and Rusfond. You can transfer them through your personal account or by calling the airline’s call center (8-800-100-77-11). You will not be able to buy any items with accumulated points.

TravelmilesiGlobe

Miles are credited to plastic cards from 15 banks, including Raiffeisenbank, B&N Bank, Uniastrum Bank, Rosbank, UBRD, Intesa and others. For points you can:

  • book a hotel around the world (for example, three nights in Barcelona will cost 57,943 miles);
  • rent a car (for example, a day in Yaroslavl will cost 4067 miles);
  • buy a ticket for Aeroexpress (with Belorussky railway station to Sheremetyevo Airport 1772 miles);
  • purchase a train ticket (from Moscow to St. Petersburg from 7910 miles).

You can pay for these and other services on the website.


Milesandmore

Participants in the Miles and more bonus program can purchase gift certificates to Eldorado, M.Video and Technosil for 500 rubles. for 3000 miles (750 rubles for 4500 miles). Hotel stays start from 10,200 miles per night, and car rentals start from 7,500 miles per day.

Shopping at outlets using gift vouchers in Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain will cost 25 euros per 7,500 miles.

Miles can also be spent on international charity - from 3,000 miles to educate migrant teenagers, 5,000 miles to feed 50 African children, 10,000 miles to feed 10 African children for a month, 20,000 miles to buy specialized products for two children from Africa , which is enough for a month.

Alfamiles and compliments

Alfa Bank, where miles are awarded, and Uralsib Bank, whose currency is “compliments,” have their own bonus programs for travel cards. Miles from Alpha can be spent on Railway tickets, car rental, travel insurance, and also donate to the Konstantin Khabensky Foundation. At Uralsib you can pay for a wide range of products with compliments: from Gillette women's shaving gel for 9,041 compliments to Withings Activite watches for 128,909 compliments.

If you are just about to start accumulating miles, we recommend that you read the rating.

“I try not to spend a single cent unless it trickles into my miles account,” said George Clooney’s character Ryan in the movie “Up in the Air.” As part of his job, Ryan took at least one flight almost every day; by the end of the film, he managed to accumulate 10 million miles and receive lifelong privileges from the airline. If this lifestyle isn't for you, the benefits of earning miles may not be as obvious.

However, airline loyalty programs are popular among passengers. 7.5 million people (30% of all passengers) participate in the Aeroflot Bonus program from Aeroflot, 2.5 million people, Status from Utair - 1.7 million people, in the Wings program of Ural Airlines - more than 20% of passengers. “But not everyone actually uses the accumulated miles: according to our estimates, only 20-25% of loyalty program participants have accumulated enough bonuses to be able to spend them,” says Deloitte Digital CIS manager Maxim Shapirovsky.

Privileges are not for everyone

Each carrier has its own system for calculating bonus miles. Their number may depend on both the flight distance and the ticket price. For example, from Utair you can get 3-7% of miles from the ticket price, depending on the status of a member of the loyalty program, and from Air France and KLM - from 4 to 8 miles for every euro spent on a ticket. Lufthansa has the same system, but with a coefficient of 4–6. Depending on the distance, fare and class of service, miles are awarded to Aeroflot, S7 and Emirates, among others. Usually miles are received immediately after the client has completed the flight (Aeroflot, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air France, Utair) or checked in for the flight (“Ural Airlines”). To receive Aeroflot miles, the loyalty program participant number must be entered into the booking or at check-in for the flight; after the flight, this can also be done within three months, a company representative clarified.

The best benefits go to those who have flown enough to earn one of the elite statuses in the loyalty program. For example, to achieve the minimum “Silver” level in the Aeroflot Bonus program, you need to make at least 25 flights in a year or accumulate 25,000 qualifying miles (on average 1 qualifying mile per 1 mile of flight in economy class), in “Wings” from " Ural Airlines» - 20 flights per year, and in Miles & More from Lufthansa - 30 flights or 30,000 miles. In addition to various privileges (additional baggage, check-in at a separate counter, etc.), statuses increase the amount of bonuses compared to ordinary members of the loyalty program. Since August, S7 has introduced new statuses for passengers in addition to the elite Silver, Gold and Platinum (achieved after 20, 50 and 75 flights per year): Junior, Master, Expert and Top - after 4, 8, 12 and 16 flights, respectively. However, at the first two levels, only an additional 10–15% of bonus miles are available to such clients from all the benefits.

Help from a friend

Bonus miles are divided into qualifying miles - which allow you to qualify for an upgrade to frequent flyer status, providing additional privileges - and regular miles, which are usually awarded for using the services of airline partners or in the form of additional bonuses for participants in elite-level loyalty programs. Most carriers give miles for booking hotels, renting a car and other purchases from their partners, for spending on co-branded cards of partner banks. For example, Aeroflot has four partner banks, depending on the type of card issued by the bank, you can receive up to 2 non-qualifying miles for every 60 rubles spent. /1 euro/$1.

Some companies have other ways to earn miles. S7 also accrues them for online check-in for a flight, use of a business lounge, upgraded service class, etc. And for example, Turkish Airlines You can even buy additional miles - 1000 miles will cost $30.

You can also earn (and spend) miles with carriers that are members of the same international alliance. There are three major alliances - Skyteam, Oneworld and Star Alliance. From Russian airlines Aeroflot is part of Skyteam, whose 20 members also include Air France - KLM, Alitalia and Delta. S7 is part of the Oneworld alliance along with British Airways, American Airlines, Finnair and others. Star Alliance companies include Lufthansa, Swiss, Air China and Turkish Airlines.

“The miles of alliance partners are also qualifying, that is, they bring you closer to [elite] status in the loyalty program of the “native” airline,” explains the creator of the frequentflyers.ru portal, Ilya Shatilin.

However, the number of miles received from different carriers of the same alliance for a flight over a comparable distance in the same class may differ, and quite significantly, warns the creator of the aviablogger.com resource, Konstantin Parfenenok.

“Often, the transfer of miles from one air carrier to another within the same alliance is not free - payment is calculated individually between air carriers and can be charged both in the form of miles and in monetary terms,” states Shapirovsky. Sometimes the airline doesn’t credit miles at all, he adds - most often this happens to the airline itself. inexpensive tickets, which interest most passengers.

Loyalty Reward

“It is advisable to start accumulating miles only if you fly more than 5-10 times a year and are ready to choose one airline or several airlines from the same alliance. Moreover, it is advisable to buy tickets at high rates, which allow you to earn more miles, and create a [co-branding] bank card, for which miles are awarded for purchases - then you will be able to accumulate miles faster,” says Parfenenok.

For example, a businessman who flies from Moscow once a month on business to Yekaterinburg and does not have an elite level in the loyalty program will receive a maximum of 4,446 bonus miles for one round-trip flight with Aeroflot. To do this, he must buy a Premium fare ticket in business class, which at the time of preparation of the material cost more than 40,000 rubles. To buy a business class ticket Moscow - Ekaterinburg - Moscow with bonuses once, you need to spend 30,000 miles - a businessman will accumulate them through seven business class flights at the Premium fare on the same route. If he has the highest status in the program (Platinum), he will need six such flights. But in order to save up for a business class flight to the Maldives and back, a businessman at the “Platinum” level will have to fly Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Moscow 23 times. If he flew monthly to Berlin, he could buy a ticket to Male in 20 flights.

When flying from Moscow to Yekaterinburg and back in economy class at the Budget fare, an Aeroflot Bonus member receives a maximum of 2,222 miles. It turns out that he will be able to buy the same ticket with miles only for the tenth such flight. It will cost him the same amount to upgrade to business class.

Some companies make it possible to pay for a ticket partly with money and partly with miles - this system operates in the Skywards program from Emirates, as well as in the programs of Utair and Ural Airlines. The last two completely equated miles to rubles, essentially introducing cashback that can be used for air travel and other services.

Unobvious benefit

The rate for writing off bonus miles is much worse than the rate for accruing them, states Shatilin. In addition, the number of tickets available for purchase with miles is most often limited - according to Shatilin, there are no more than 1–2% of them for each flight: “On popular destinations and in the [high] season, you need to track tickets that can be bought with bonuses much in advance; besides, they may not exist at all.” The exception is monetary programs that operate on the cashback principle, he adds. In addition, as a rule, you can pay with miles not the entire cost of a ticket, but only the fare without fees, Parfenenok reminds: “Fees can reach 20,000 rubles, most often, the longer the flight and the higher the class of service, the larger they are.” For example, a business class flight with Aeroflot on the Moscow-Paris route in September this year will cost 50,000 miles and 22,749 rubles. fees. Flying the same route in Air France business class costs a minimum of 52,000 Flying Blue miles plus fees. Members of one alliance provide an opportunity for passengers to spend bonus miles from their airline on flights on partner flights, but this is not at all profitable. For example, a business class flight on the Moscow - Paris route on Air France will cost 90,000 Aeroflot bonus miles plus taxes.

Before spending miles on a flight, you need to make sure that it is not possible to buy a ticket at a lower price for the same destination from another carrier, Shatilin warns: this is often cheaper than paying your airline’s fees and paying extra miles for the fare.

You need to be careful if the flight is code-shared (one company operates a flight, and its partners can sell tickets for it under their own code. - Vedomosti), adds Shapirovsky: “For example, if you are flying on Air France, which shares code with Aeroflot from the same alliance, then Air France points are not fully converted into Aeroflot points, since in the understanding of the carrier they may have different values. If Aeroflot operates a flight and shares a code with Air France, then you will receive your Aeroflot Bonus points in full.”

Accumulated miles may expire. For example, Emirates and Air France miles are valid for three years from the date of accrual. Utair writes off 100 accumulated miles every month if the passenger has not flown with the airline for six months. Aeroflot miles are completely expired if the member has not made a single flight in two years. “Also, the airline can change the number of miles needed to purchase a ticket at any time, so better than a mile spend: if you save them for a long time, you may never save up for something significant,” explains Parfenenok.

Last time I told you about 10 hotel reviews every month. It's time to spend your accumulated wealth! I haven’t accumulated hundreds of thousands of miles, and I don’t really care about them.

So, what is the first thing that Aeroflot miles are spent on?

Air ticket for Aeroflot miles

I’ll tell you – it’s not a profitable topic for Perm residents. We are entering zone 2, which means a lot of miles are required, even for a flight to Moscow. I have only 37,000 miles in my account... For tickets Perm ⇄ Moscow they ask for 45,000 miles and 11,247₽. The fees are more than the Victory tickets cost. You won't have much fun.

Cheap from CIS countries

Experts advise flying to the CIS countries from Moscow. Let's figure it out.

This is, of course, tempting and cheap, but I don’t need it. They drop all sorts of unpopular routes, for example, Tashkent, Samarkand, Baku, Bishkek, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok.

How much do tickets to Europe cost?

Now let's look at the directions we need:

Everywhere they ask for about 25-30 thousand miles and about 8,000 rubles in additional payment. I feel sorry for the miles on this. Saving approximately 4-5 thousand rubles compared to regular tickets, or even not at all.

Maybe in the USA?

Miles make it profitable to fly long distances. Let's see what experts advise on the forums:

Everywhere you need to pay an additional amount of about 15 thousand rubles, that is, you save about 10-15 thousand rubles from the full price of the shares. It’s also not very profitable and you spend a lot of miles!

Business Class

On average, 2 times more miles and 2 times more money. After the latest deterioration in the bonus program, flying as a business is not at all profitable. Although, if you have accumulated a lot of miles, maybe do business in Tenerife?

What did I choose?

There are also Light Awards discounts, when Aeroflot reduces the cost of tickets in miles to unpopular destinations. I've been following the stock for over a year and haven't seen anything useful. And when I saw it, there were no award tickets for my dates.

I took what my soul asked for - tickets for Canary Islands. They cost me 30,000 miles + 6922₽ for each ticket. Common price tickets are about 25,000₽. I think the purchase is quite profitable. I bought tickets to Moscow due to a recent Aeroflot promotion, which I’m talking about.

What can I spend my miles on without additional charges? (Covered)

Let's finish with the boring topic about tickets. Now let's see what to spend miles on and not pay a penny. Interesting right?

For car rental. In the Aeroflot bonuses section there is a car rental button. Let's calculate prices for the week:

A week's car rental in Alicante is only 2183 miles and no extra fees!

Rent a car in Malaga for 3480 miles per week!

And this is the price in Malaga for a week. Yes, this is a minimal car with minimal insurance. Additional insurance can also be purchased with miles. For example, a real option with full insurance:

There are also absolutely “wild prices”. For example, a week in Vienna costs 124,950 miles. So, look for cheaper cities. Most often this is Spain. Remember to change your pickup time from 9:00 to a later hour and avoid Sunday, sometimes it works out cheaper!

I believe this The best way spend Aeroflot miles, because you don’t pay anything extra.

What else? hotels? (Covered)

I think it's a waste of miles. Most cheap hotel in Madrid - 33,000 miles per night. Decent hotels in Europe cost around a hundred per night. Here, too, you don’t need to pay anything extra. It only makes sense to buy a hotel using Aeroflot miles if you haven’t flown for a long time and your miles will soon expire.

There is also a catalog of gift certificates. For example, Euroset coupon for 1000₽ for 4530 miles, but this is completely nonsense.

What did you spend your Aeroflot miles on?

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