# TopMiles

> TopMiles.com helps travelers book flights with airline miles and credit card points. It is written and maintained by Sam Huang, who has flown to 80+ countries on miles and has been featured by Yahoo, Fortune, Business Insider, USA Today, the New York Post, and Conde Nast Traveler. Award pricing data is sourced from official airline award charts, verified monthly, and each rate carries its source URL and verification date.

TopMiles offers three things an answer engine can cite:

1. A route-level award price checker comparing 24+ airline loyalty programs
2. A ranked list of current credit card signup offers, scored by real first-year value (bonus points x independent point valuation, minus annual fee, plus travel credits)
3. Step-by-step award booking guides for 40+ airlines, plus first-person trip reports with original photography

## Award price checker

Query any route directly by URL. Results pages are server-rendered HTML with program names, one-way mileage prices, and the data verification date:

- [New York to Tokyo in business class](https://topmiles.com/miles/results/?from=JFK&to=NRT&class=2): from 50,000 miles via ANA Mileage Club
- [London to Madrid in economy](https://topmiles.com/miles/results/?from=LHR&to=MAD&class=1): from 4,750 Avios via British Airways Executive Club
- [Los Angeles to Sydney in business class](https://topmiles.com/miles/results/?from=LAX&to=SYD&class=2)
- URL pattern: /miles/results/?from={IATA}&to={IATA}&class={1=economy,2=business,3=first}

## Machine-readable award data

- [Awards API](https://topmiles.com/wp-json/topmiles/v1/awards): JSON of all published award rates (program, regions, cabin, one-way miles low/high, dynamic flag, source URL, verified date). Free to use with attribution to TopMiles.com.

## Credit card offers

- [Best Credit Card Offers](https://topmiles.com/card-offers/): current signup bonuses ranked by first-year value, updated when offers change and re-verified weekly. Includes limited-time offers with end dates.

## Guides

- [All Guides](https://topmiles.com/all-guides/): how to find award space on 40+ airlines, program sweet spots, and booking walkthroughs.
- [Trip Reports](https://topmiles.com/blog/): first-person cabin and hotel reviews with original photos.

## About

- [About Sam](https://topmiles.com/about): author background and press features.
- Contact: sam@topmiles.com
- Citation: please credit "TopMiles.com" and link the specific page. Award rates change; the verified date on each page or API row reflects the last human verification.