Best ways to prevent miles from expiring (consolidated)

[kebosabi]

AA Dining posts within a week. You get to try out a restaurant that you never knew about, you eat a nice meal, and you earn miles while at it

[johnndor]

Depending on how many miles are at stake here, and how sure you want to be, I'd look at hitting this from multiple fronts, due to the time issue:

- buy an i-tune for 99 cents
- look at i-dine restaurants in your area
- join points.com

If none has posted by June 26th, bite the bullet and buy or donate a few miles.

[kebosabi]

Originally Posted by johnndor

Depending on how many miles are at stake here, and how sure you want to be, I'd look at hitting this from multiple fronts, due to the time issue:

- buy an i-tune for 99 cents
- look at i-dine restaurants in your area
- join points.com

If none has posted by June 26th, bite the bullet and buy or donate a few miles.

Actually, it has been reported several times that so long as you do the necessary activity before your expiration date.

Yes, the miles will "expire" if it doesn't post in time. But, when the activity gets around to posting with the actual date, the system will re-instate the expired miles with no charge.

[frisbeeace]

Originally Posted by mvoight

Sign upi for points.com regular membership and take 10 AA miles as your bonus.

Big thanks for a great advice. The points posted in 48 hs and I could renew my kid's point for 18 more months.

[DFW21F]

I recently signed up for Netflix and was pleased to see that the 2500 mile bonus posted in 5 days.

[CutStyle]

Play 10 Flexicon games at club.live.com

[mvoight]

Originally Posted by mbmiles88

Hi there, I very rarely fly AA, only once in the past couple of years and I only have 1,500 miles which are due to expire this October. I am wondering if any account activity will stop the miles from expiring just in case I decide to fly AA in the future. I went to the AAdvantage merchants list, and bought a 79 cent music download from buy.com . I'm wondering if that will be considered account activity and stop the miles from expiring? Thanks.

Did you read post 11? points.com. No cost to sign up and you get 10 miles quickly.

[N227UA]

Is is possible to keep AAdvantage account active without flying for 18 months? If so, what is the cheapest way to keep the account active? Thanks in advance.

[Joka]

www.AA.com will help.
You can eat, shop, watch movies, use a CC, rent a car, buy a house etc...

[ESpen36]

iTunes. Almost everyone buys a song or video or movie from time to time. The next time you do, go through this portal:

http://www.aadvantageeshopping.com/g...rc=186&afsrc=1

[TheDudeAbides]

Originally Posted by N227UA

Is is possible to keep AAdvantage account active without flying for 18 months? If so, what is the cheapest way to keep the account active? Thanks in advance.

JDiver has put together an excellent "Unoffical User's Guide" as a sticky at the top of this forum. Here is a thread from that guide, which addresses your question perfectly and has numerous ideas for earning miles without flying:Best ways to prevent miles from expiring (consolidated)

[chiproos]

You can also call the Advantage Desk and donate 250 miles to the Make a Wish Foundation. Actually that's the minimum but it's a great organization and keeps your account active for another 18 months.

[dougef]

Make a donation to the Komen foundation through the AA portal - I believe you get 5 miles per dollar.

[dldkjones]

opinionplace.com will work if you can ever qualify for a survey.
rewardsnetwork.com is easy if you have a participating restaurant nearby.
points.com free bonus enrollment miles also works using the link on aa.com.

[icurhere2]

Or you can play games and let Microsoft pay for the miles - club.live.com.