About Miles to Israel

Who runs this site, why it exists, and how every page gets verified before it goes up.

Facts verified September 2026 Independent, community-run

By Ari Klein · Last updated . Facts on this page are verified against live sources on the date shown - see the note at the bottom for which ones.

The byline

Ari Klein researches award travel between North America and Israel, tracking transfer ratios, award charts, and monthly promo zones across the major programs. He flies the route, holds the cards, and books the seats he writes about - every guide on this site comes out of trips actually taken and searches actually run.

This site exists because of a familiar scene: someone at a kiddush mentions they just paid $2,400 a seat to get the family to Yerushalayim for Sukkos, and three people around the table quietly wince - because they flew the same week for 30,000 points.

What this site is

Fifteen guides (and counting) on one narrow topic: getting from North America to Tel Aviv on points and miles. Which cards earn the right currencies, which programs book which airlines, what the nonstop situation actually is this month, and how to beat the yom tov fare spikes. Written for the frum community, in the community’s language, with Ashkenazi spellings and no corporate voice.

How every page gets made

  1. Live pulls, not memory. Every fare on the site comes from a live fare search run the day the page was written - the date and the numbers are printed at the bottom of the page.
  2. Named sources. Route statuses, award charts, and partnership terms are verified against primary sources (airline announcements, program charts, DansDeals, One Mile at a Time) and the sources are named on the page.
  3. A dated promise. Each page shows its last-updated date up top. When the market moves - a route resumes, a chart devalues, a partnership dies - the page gets re-cut and the change goes on the public changelog.
  4. Review before publish. Pages go through an independent review pass for accuracy before they ship.

What we promise not to do

The disclosure, in plain words

Some links on this site are referral links. If you apply for a card through one, we may receive points or a commission - it costs you nothing and keeps the site free. Cards with no link rank exactly where the criteria put them.

Frequently asked questions

Who runs Miles to Israel?

An independent, community-run project - built by people who fly the New York to Tel Aviv route ourselves and got tired of stale points advice. We hold no airline or bank contracts beyond standard referral programs, which we disclose on every page.

Does the site make money?

Some card links are referral links - if you apply through one, we may receive points or a commission at no cost to you. Rankings are set by published criteria before links are considered, and several recommended cards carry no link at all.