What to do with Diners Club reward points???
Aug 8, 2002 | 4:39 pm
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What to do with Diners Club reward points???
We have about 24,000 Diners Club points and are considering transferring them to our British Airways account, but is this the best to do with these points? Also are British airways miles easy to use from Chicago? Thankyou to all the experts out there on flyertalk!!!!!
Aug 8, 2002 | 10:58 pm
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The BA transfer is the best thing to do with DC Club Rewards points and the only thing I've ever done with mine. As you earn two Club Rewards points with every dollar spent, plus initiation and retention bonuses from DC, it's like getting double miles and then some.
Aug 8, 2002 | 11:41 pm
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Is the one-to-one transfer of DC points to BA miles a promotional offer or has that always been the case?
If it is a promotional offer, how long until the offer ends and the transfer becomes two points to one mile like the rest of the airlines?
Thanks in advance!
If it is a promotional offer, how long until the offer ends and the transfer becomes two points to one mile like the rest of the airlines?
Thanks in advance!
Aug 9, 2002 | 5:26 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FrankoBonanzo:
Is the one-to-one transfer of DC points to BA miles a promotional offer or has that always been the case?
If it is a promotional offer, how long until the offer ends and the transfer becomes two points to one mile like the rest of the airlines?</font>
Is the one-to-one transfer of DC points to BA miles a promotional offer or has that always been the case?
If it is a promotional offer, how long until the offer ends and the transfer becomes two points to one mile like the rest of the airlines?</font>
Aug 9, 2002 | 5:29 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tatmtr7:
Also are British airways miles easy to use from Chicago</font>
Also are British airways miles easy to use from Chicago</font>
https://www.britishairways.com/execc...american.shtml
Three times I've redeemed 35K BA miles for R/T tickets on AA for travel between Hawaii and the continental US, with the double miles promo I view this as being like getting a round trip for only 17,500 miles.
Aug 9, 2002 | 11:29 am
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Thanks to all for the replys and information. I will be depositing my D.C. points to my British Air though even after looking at the website given for exchanging I am still not sure how to exchange Brit.Air for depositing to my American Air account.
Aug 9, 2002 | 10:11 pm
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yep, use your BA miles to ticket on AA award inventory. Or make BA happy and fly to a BA city! Someone (BA or AA or Diners?) says there is a 50K cap per year on transfers though, I and others have found this to be very lax as a way to transfer miles from AA to BA yearly, or from Diners to BA.
The only question now is will BA be around in a year? that's another subject all together!
The only question now is will BA be around in a year? that's another subject all together!
Aug 13, 2002 | 7:59 am
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Hi,
This is a very interesting topic.
I am just wondering what I should do with my DC points.
I am AC Aeroplan Elite and have some miles with Air France and British airways, very few with LH.
I mostly fly with Star Alliance.
Should I transfer DC points to AC or BA, AF??
Thank,
aad665
This is a very interesting topic.
I am just wondering what I should do with my DC points.
I am AC Aeroplan Elite and have some miles with Air France and British airways, very few with LH.
I mostly fly with Star Alliance.
Should I transfer DC points to AC or BA, AF??
Thank,
aad665
Aug 13, 2002 | 8:06 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by aad665:
Hi,
This is a very interesting topic.
I am just wondering what I should do with my DC points.
I am AC Aeroplan Elite and have some miles with Air France and British airways, very few with LH.
I mostly fly with Star Alliance.
Should I transfer DC points to AC or BA, AF??
Thank,
aad665</font>
Hi,
This is a very interesting topic.
I am just wondering what I should do with my DC points.
I am AC Aeroplan Elite and have some miles with Air France and British airways, very few with LH.
I mostly fly with Star Alliance.
Should I transfer DC points to AC or BA, AF??
Thank,
aad665</font>
Mar 15, 2003 | 8:27 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The BA transfer is the best thing to do with DC Club Rewards points and the only thing I've ever done with mine.</font>
I believe one that restricts DC transfers to the card holder's account only is UA.
Mar 17, 2003 | 1:11 pm
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I rarely fly BA. In fact, I believe I've never flown BA. However, I did set up an account, just so I can transfer my DC points. Anybody know if there's a time limit on using miles in an otherwise stagnant account? I'd hate to transfer miles this summer only to find out they all expired a couple years from now.
cnk
cnk
Mar 17, 2003 | 4:02 pm
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It won't be "stagnant," under the terms and conditions of most frequent flyer plans (read yours to ensure that a parter activity so qualifies), if you deposit 1000 miles as often as required since the last activity -- usually 36 months, 18 months for CO.
Should anyone else desire a Diners Club referral, the "Member Get A Member" online sign-up address (new cardholders can earn up to 12K bonus miles in the first year if they use their card every month) and my Sponsor Code are in my FlyerTalk profile.
Should anyone else desire a Diners Club referral, the "Member Get A Member" online sign-up address (new cardholders can earn up to 12K bonus miles in the first year if they use their card every month) and my Sponsor Code are in my FlyerTalk profile.
Mar 17, 2003 | 6:40 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SPN Lifer:
I believe one that restricts DC transfers to the card holder's account only is UA.
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I believe one that restricts DC transfers to the card holder's account only is UA.
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