ESL Podcast 479 – Using Frequent Flyer Miles
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Anne: Where were you this past weekend? I tried calling you on Friday to see if you wanted to go to the movies with me.
Jurgen: I was in Chicago for a long weekend.
Anne: Chicago? I didn’t know you were planning a trip. I thought you were pretty strapped 1 this month. A ticket to Chicago would set you back at least $300.
Jurgen: I am pretty strapped, but I wanted to go to my friend Rachel’s wedding. I was able to use my frequent flyer miles to get a ticket. I was lucky that those weren’t blackout dates.
Anne: Oh, that explains it. You’ve been traveling a lot using your frequent flyer miles. How do you rack up so many miles? I’m enrolled 2 in the frequent flyer programs of three different airlines, but I never seem to have enough miles to redeem 3 them for a ticket or even an upgrade.
Jurgen: The trick is to get a credit card that gives you miles. For every dollar I charge on my credit card, I get one mile. Since I use my credit card for a lot of business purchases, the miles add up pretty quickly. I also use a lot of the hotels and restaurants that partner with the airlines, and doing that gives me bonus miles.
Anne: Aren’t there a lot of restrictions 4? Do you ever have problems redeeming 5 the miles?
Jurgen: Yeah, there are some restrictions, but I work around them. There are fewer restrictions if you have elite 6 status, but I’m a long way from that.
Anne: So I need to get a credit card that gives me frequent flyer miles.
Jurgen: Yeah, but a word to the wise: spend carefully. You don’t want to rack up credit card debt for the sake of racking up frequent flyer miles!
Anne: Point taken. Thanks for the tip.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.他无法赎回典当的家具。
- The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.这双眼睛弥补了他其貌不扬之缺陷。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. 我觉得他一点也不讨人喜欢，没有任何可取之处。
- The sole redeeming feature of this job is the salary. 这份工作唯其薪水尚可弥补一切之不足。