It is that time of the year when people start to think of getting away from the winter that they are suffering, and it hasn't even begun yet! I was talking to two friends recently one was in Kauai Hawaii, where God is rumored to go on vacation, and the other was in Southern California in LA and they were saying they needed a break, so I can only imagine what the rest of the world is going through.

For most frequent flyer programs the consensus of many people is that they are a real pain in the butt to use, and unless you have a lot of time to play with them, that it is a lot of work and no reward, so they don't take advantage of them. United Airlines has a program called saver awards, where if you pay $75 you can use the awards easier, and if you don't have enough miles you can buy more to get you to where you want to go, be it California, Hawaii or out here to Phnom Penh, by flying into either Saigon, Bangkok, Singapore or Hong Kong and then catching a really cheap Jet Star flight or Air Asia flight into Cambodia. For the real budget minded Asia travelers fly in to Saigon or Bangkok and then take the bus for less than $20, Easy!

You can also get 21,000 miles from United by getting there United Visa from Citibank. To do it Google United Miles, and click the "apply here" logo on the right hand side. If you already have a Citi card you can still apply for the United Visa Card, and you can also apply if you are a small business man, you might be able to get 2 Visa cards and 42,000 which is over half of a long haul flight. And if you buy flights on United with their card, you get double miles, yea! Another way to get miles is to ask your friends and neighbors if you can borrow some miles.

If you refer some one to Citi bank and they get the United Visa you get 2000 miles, Please feel free to put my name in as the referrer, and we can consider it my Christmas present; See you soon!

Fred Tittle has lived and worked in holiday vacation resorts his entire life, from Lake Geneva's Playboy Club, as a rock jock for KSPN FM in Aspen Colorado, he became a PADI Pro Scuba Diver in Hawaii, diving on Maui, Kauai, Kona on the big island, and Waikiki on Oahu. He founded Eco Adventures South East Asia in Sihanoukville Cambodia. he still teaches SSI and PADI scuba diving courses and runs liveaboards in the gulf of Thailand and Asia adventure tours, http://www.ecosea.com

Fred's new project http://www.CheapCharliesHotels.com where he reviews cheap hotels , budget guesthouses, discount accommodations and cheap international flights, but is really an excuse to go scuba diving on vacation more, Fred is in Phnom Penh Cambodia planning his next adventure travel tour. Keep up to date with Fred go to http://www.CheapCharliesHotels.com/blog/