In the past year or so I've been making a concerted effort to accumlate Frequent Flyer miles. The problem with accumulating FF miles is keeping track of them, which is where Award Wallet comes in. Award Wallet is an online tool to help manage your FF miles, including miles for hotel reward programs, and more.
When you set up an account with Award Wallet you provide it with your FF program numbers and login information, from there is keeps track of your miles - whether they're going up or down. You have the option of storing your FF account log in information on the Award Wallet website or on your own computer, whichever you prefer.
Award Wallet sends out a weekly e-mail update with your activity. This will only show programs where there is activity and provides a link to go into your programs website and review that activity. This is very handy if you have unexpected activity or do not see activity that should have posted. It's also a nice treat in your mailbox, especially if you have an increase in activity.
As an extra bonus when you have a trip planned it will add that information to your account.
Award Wallet does all this for free! It's really handy and makes tracking miles very easy - whether you have a lot of activity or a little activitiy.
Award Wallet also offers some premium/paid services. Award Wallet will show the expiration date of miles for up to 3 accounts, I do find this really handy when trying to keep miles from expiring. While I have not paid for this service yet, this is one feature that I have been considering upgrading my account for. There are some other features that are handy, but are geared toward a more frequent traveler then I am. But that's the nice thing, you decide how much you want to pay! or if you pay at all.
One downside - Southwest does not allow Award Wallet to access their system. I think it's lame of Southwest, but it's their policy. Sorry to all you Southwest people!
Even if you're not really into miles accumulation, it's still a good, useful website. It will help you keep track of miles and keep them from expiring, that's worth the few minutes it takes to set up an account.
