Wow, I just heard a guy say he couldn’t remember his British Airways password. He was trying to figure it out. The thing is, he had AwardWallet open in a tab WHILE HE WAS SAYING THIS! After my overly dramatic reaction, I realized something…
No matter how many times I’ve talked about AwardWallet, some of you are still not using it the right way.” The dude above uses AwardWallet only to avoid expiration dates. He was actually trying to memorize all his passwords by heart. Sigh. So let me review a few basic points:
- Yes, AwardWallet will alert you if an account is about to expire. But you have to then TAKE ACTION to extend that expiration date.
- You never, ever, ever, never, ever have to memorize passwords if you use AwardWallet. This is a big part of the point of the whole thing. Just make sure you remember your AwardWallet password.
- Click mile/point accounts in AwardWallet and you’ll be automatically logged in. Again, this is kind of the point.
- Personally, I’m a fan of adding credit card accounts in AwardWallet. You’re then able to track those points…Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou, FlexPerks, etc.
- You can still track United, American and Southwest. Just make sure you do it AwardWallet’s way. Read those messages that pop up!
The point is this…AwardWallet is a lot more than an cool system of tracking your point balances. Let it do more work for you. Otherwise, you might just kill ol’ MileNerd!
