Miles for Rent/Mortgage/Tuition? [Consolidated]
Feb 6, 2010, 10:56 am
#16
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Feb 6, 2010, 1:37 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 63
In addition to e-rewards you can go to opinionplace.com to take a survey a week for miles. You can also play games at clubbing.com to earn tickets and redeem those for airline miles. I just finished playing enough games to redeem all the mileage offers on that site and I think it came out to about 11k miles. It takes a while, but it's entertaining if sitting in a boring lecture.
Feb 6, 2010, 1:48 pm
#18
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Wrong thread. Wrong forum. Search is your friend (hint..Spam).
Feb 6, 2010, 6:34 pm
#20
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1% would be reasonable if you're getting miles that are really worth something. Just make sure that the payment isn't processed as some sort of cash advance.
I think a lot of people would pay 1% to get AA miles, especially if they're nearing 1M or 2M miles.
I think a lot of people would pay 1% to get AA miles, especially if they're nearing 1M or 2M miles.
Feb 6, 2010, 6:35 pm
#21
Join Date: May 2008
Location: SAN
Programs: BA, American, Marriott, UA MP, Skymiles, Hyatt, HiltonHonors, SPG
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How long before draining my new account?
When making the initial deposit from my main institution (credit union money market account) it is purely to meet the min. requirement to qualify for the miles.
Does anyone know if I can with draw (all) that money and put it back in my MM to earn ( a bit) interest or have it available at my main intuition?
My account was opened 2 weeks ago.
Basically, I figure it would be best to wait until the miles post before I drain the account... or do they care?
thank you!
Does anyone know if I can with draw (all) that money and put it back in my MM to earn ( a bit) interest or have it available at my main intuition?
My account was opened 2 weeks ago.
Basically, I figure it would be best to wait until the miles post before I drain the account... or do they care?
thank you!
Feb 6, 2010, 9:03 pm
#22
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Feb 7, 2010, 6:19 pm
#24
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DC Metro (WAS--DCA/IAD/BWI)
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Posts: 2,533
You can try using a card for anything.
I managed to put 11% of the cost of my new Accord on my CC. I negotiated with the manager to put 10% of the cost on CC, and I ordered the car so they wanted a 1% deposit to hold that, so I did that on CC too (seperate transaction so didn't count against 10% but did all go towards paying for car). No extra fee for me (it was for them, which was why they wouldn't go for paying it all by CC).
And this was before I found FlyerTalk.
Steve32
I managed to put 11% of the cost of my new Accord on my CC. I negotiated with the manager to put 10% of the cost on CC, and I ordered the car so they wanted a 1% deposit to hold that, so I did that on CC too (seperate transaction so didn't count against 10% but did all go towards paying for car). No extra fee for me (it was for them, which was why they wouldn't go for paying it all by CC).
And this was before I found FlyerTalk.
Steve32
Feb 7, 2010, 7:41 pm
#25
Join Date: May 2009
Location: USA
Programs: UAL 1MM, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist, AA 3MM
Posts: 831
When making the initial deposit from my main institution (credit union money market account) it is purely to meet the min. requirement to qualify for the miles.
Does anyone know if I can with draw (all) that money and put it back in my MM to earn ( a bit) interest or have it available at my main intuition?
My account was opened 2 weeks ago.
Basically, I figure it would be best to wait until the miles post before I drain the account... or do they care?
thank you!
Does anyone know if I can with draw (all) that money and put it back in my MM to earn ( a bit) interest or have it available at my main intuition?
My account was opened 2 weeks ago.
Basically, I figure it would be best to wait until the miles post before I drain the account... or do they care?
thank you!
I draw the money from my openings within 24 hours of it posting.
Feb 8, 2010, 2:40 pm
#26
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: SNA/LAX
Programs: AA, SPG, UA
Posts: 102
Anybody had experience with chargesmart ?
Feb 9, 2010, 10:25 am
#27
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 9
Hi Guys,
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Thanks,
Philip
Philip from ChargeSmart here... If appropriate, I'd be happy to answer any questions you guys have about our service and always welcome feedback from our customers. Please send me a PM or post....
Thanks,
Philip
Feb 9, 2010, 1:19 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA CO US DL HH Gold SPG Gold
Posts: 11
Dont know if you want to earn out of your main programs, but US and AS via Bank of America lets you earn miles with pin OR signed transactions, so purchase money orders from the USPS using pin and pay with money orders. USPS charges about $1.90 per $1k transaction. I have also been using pin or signature transactions at safeway on gift cards/prepaid credit cards, and also earn 1mile/2$ with safeways grocery miles, however that program ends 28Feb.
Feb 9, 2010, 1:53 pm
#29
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 58
Feb 9, 2010, 2:33 pm
#30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: DL, CO, Hilton, SPG
Posts: 597
Are these charged as a cash advance or a normal purchase?