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Yesterday I shared a bunch of free 6-month AwardWallet Plus memberships. At the time I thought I only had 10 to give away, but the referral code still seems to be working fine (a lot more than 10 people have signed up successfully at this point…). So, if you missed out yesterday and want to try it, all you have to do is sign up here.

For those who already have an AwardWallet account, you should be able to upgrade your account for free using this upgrade token code: free-ueadym (as long as you haven’t used a free upgrade in the past).

I’ve no idea how long this will last or if there’s a limit, so let me know in the comments if you encounter any issues and I’ll update the post as/when required.

What is AwardWallet?

We’ve written about AwardWallet numerous times before, but in essence it’s a tool that makes keeping track of all your points/miles accounts and travel plans much easier.

Ian wrote an excellent intro a couple of years ago, which you can read in full below:

AwardWallet allows you to track a huge range of loyalty schemes via their website and mobile app. These include:

• Most major airlines (Delta and United are notable exceptions that block third party access to your account)
• Hotels
• Credit Cards
• Supermarkets
• Cashback Sites
• Cruise Lines
• Restaurants
• Car Hire

Looking at an overview of  tracked accounts:

From left to right, you can see;

• Programme name
• Account Number/username
• Status
• Points balance (recent changes in green)
• Expiry details
• Refresh
• Edit

Clicking the + icon brings up account details

Clicking on a programme name also logs you in automatically with your stored credentials.

Managing bookings

Besides points balances, your loyalty account generally provides details of bookings for flights, hotels, cruises etc. AwardWallet use this to build a timeline under “Trips”. This shows you the following detail

• Hotel Bookings
  • Check-in and check-out dates and times
  • Hotel name, address, phone number
  • Rate and room details
• Flight Bookings
  • Departure and arrival times
  • Seat assignments
  • Layover time where appropriate
• Cruise Bookings
  • Arrival & Departure times for each port of call

This will also notify you of any changes, to your bookings. An upcoming flight of mine from Boston to Dublin has recently changed to a shorter duration (they found a 10 minute shortcut across the Atlantic, maybe?) and I got a notification of that change. Aer Lingus also emailed and texted me this, but merely told me an itinerary change and I had to hunt out the change, but on AwardWallet the change was obvious.

Your bookings can also be imported into a calendar, which is useful to know where you are staying each night when you’re switching hotels to maximise stay bonuses. It can also be useful to let family members now where you are should they need to get hold of you. I’m terrible at remembering to tell my wife where I’m staying, and usually put my phone on silent at night, so seeing where I am staying on a shared Google calendar means she can always get hold of me in an emergency.

Security

It would be remiss of me not to point out that you are handing over details of your loyalty accounts to a third party, and some may be uncomfortable with that. Here’s what AwardWallet’s FAQ’s on security have to say;

I actually see a security benefit in having all my programmes tracked and getting regular notifications of changes. If there was to be fraudulent activity and someone cleared out my Tesco Clubcard vouchers, or redeemed my IHG points (there have been reports of both of those in recent years) I would know about it, probably sooner than when I next might have checked those accounts individually.

Obviously, make up your own mind, but this works for me.

Sounds great – how much is it?

It’s free for the basic functionality, but you can pay for the additional features via a Plus membership. All of these features are available with a free membership:

Plus membership, gets you these additional features which personally I value and would recommend if you have usable amounts of points to track in multiple programmes.

How do I sign up?

If you sign up via this link, the first 10 people to use the following code free-ueadym will enjoy 6 months of free Plus membership. After this expires you can decide to pay for another year, or drop to the free level and lose the additional features. For clarity, I potentially benefit from additional plus membership if enough people sign up through this link, so thank you from me.

 Do all my family need an account?

No, and that is a benefit I make good use of. I often suggest to my wife that she signs up for particular programmes or credit cards to take advantage of promotions, but she has little interest in managing those accounts regularly, so that falls to me. Award Wallet lets me add her account details, and allows me to monitor those balances, and ensure those points don’t get wasted as well as tracking our progress towards specific redemption goals.

Summary

Hopefully this article has shown you how you can use AwardWallet to keep track of your boosted balances as a result of reading InsideFlyer. Now you have no excuse for letting that status, or those points slip away unnoticed