Originally Posted by
Richard1148
I just signed up for AS Mileage Plan and got the 500 miles immediately. Went to points.com and added account. It did not indicate any minimum trade requirement. Traded the 500 miles for 170 PC points to get the promo bonus points. So easy a caveman could do it.
A smart caveman would have signed up with a fabricated Canadian address to get the 2,500 mile bonus, which would have got him 600% more PC points!
Remember also you only need to transfer 3 Alaska miles to get 1 PC point, so you can send the rest to another programme if you want.