Any ideas how I can get 2,033 GE miles quickly? Am already pooling miles with mrs swiss so they won't let us borrow against future travel. As such, I need these points, but don't want to spend too much cash getting them, as that defeats the whole object.
Hilton says it takes 60 days to get the miles to credit - seems like a long time....
How long does it take Marriott to post - any ideas?
Cheers
ST
stut
Jun 24, 03, 10:34 am
All hotel miles take an age to post.
What about trying one of the cheapy FD UK-EU fares for an MR?
Swiss Tony
Jun 24, 03, 10:47 am
Good idea, but those FD cheapies have a 2 night min stay attached to them, so don't really do the business for a MR...
nick.imrie
Jun 24, 03, 11:15 am
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Steve Fenton
Jun 24, 03, 12:48 pm
I checked with FD and they assured me you can draw down miles from flights already booked.
csdavidson
Jun 24, 03, 1:04 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Steve Fenton:
I checked with FD and they assured me you can draw down miles from flights already booked.</font>
That's all well and good, but I cancel a lot of my flights, so what happens if you book an award like this, and cancel you're future flights?
Any ideas how I can get 2,033 GE miles quickly? Am already pooling miles with mrs swiss so they won't let us borrow against future travel. As such, I need these points, but don't want to spend too much cash getting them, as that defeats the whole object.
Hilton says it takes 60 days to get the miles to credit - seems like a long time....
How long does it take Marriott to post - any ideas?
Cheers
ST</font>
You could always try their insurance policies, not sure how quick they'll post though.
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Cris L
Jun 24, 03, 2:08 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by beergut:
You could always try their insurance policies, not sure how quick they'll post though.
Family care - MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE NETHERLANDS. Don't know about Annual Multi-Trip
Swiss Tony
Jun 24, 03, 2:30 pm
Thanks guys.....
Must admit, i've been going round in circles a bit here, but what i've found (for GE anyway)
1) The will bend the rules
2) You can pool miles
3) You can draw miles against future flights
4) You can't (as a GE) do 2&3 together
What I don't know (and thanks Nick) is if I can pool miles out of a 3rd account. I suspect IF I can, I need to have enough to take Mrs Swiss' points up to 40,000 rather than our combined total up to 80,000. However, if I can pool from a 3rd account, I have a friend I can tap for these http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Will ask FD tomorrow.
Anyway, have started off a two horse race between HHonors & Starwood to see what I can get to post first and in the meantime I'll see what else gives.
Thanks again,
Swiss
kurz
Jun 25, 03, 2:36 am
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Swiss Tony:
Those FD cheapies have a 2 night min stay attached to them, so don't really do the business for a MR</font>
They do the business in case you find a KL cheapy at your destination to return the same day and do the mileage run again two days later. KL definitely allows back-to-back ticketing (http://www.flyertalk.com/pasttalk/ftpasttalk_form/Forum28/HTML/000393.html)!
beergut
Jun 25, 03, 3:31 am
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cris L:
Family care - MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE NETHERLANDS. Don't know about Annual Multi-Trip</font>
Not true Nick
Insurance
KLM is able to offer FD Members direct access to KLM Insurance through its partner ACE Insurance. You can earn FD Miles when buying the insurance products KLM Family Care or KLM Annual Multi Trip Travel Insurance
You can only take out this insurance if all insured are residents in the United Kindgom, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands
Nigel
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