Ridiculous SkyMiles Transfer Fee
Feb 12, 2016, 2:56 pm
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Ridiculous SkyMiles Transfer Fee
Looking to transfer SkyMiles from one account to another. I get that all airlines charge money for this, and am willing to pay for it, but what is with the ridiculous $30 per transaction "Processing Fee"? Is there any way out of paying this ridiculous charge, or do I just have to suck it up and pay it?
Any reason why it exists other than to make more money?
Any reason why it exists other than to make more money?
Feb 12, 2016, 3:03 pm
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That's what I figured, just don't get why there is a "processing fee" when it is all electronic and there is no paperwork involved, unlike the "olden days".
Feb 12, 2016, 3:26 pm
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Feb 12, 2016, 6:52 pm
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Those make sense. It prevents seats from Goin out empty. If no fee people wouldn't be concerned about changing flights. Thus causing lost revenue with a seat going out empty that could have been sold.
Feb 12, 2016, 8:34 pm
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$30 processing fee was not even a concern when I looked at xferring 100,000 points to my parents so they could go to Hawaii in FC anytime in the future.
.01 per mile is what killed that deal: $1000 per ... + the $120 in xaction fees (four times because of limit). So $1120 to give each parent miles.
With that, I realized to never xfer miles - just book it for them!
.01 per mile is what killed that deal: $1000 per ... + the $120 in xaction fees (four times because of limit). So $1120 to give each parent miles.
With that, I realized to never xfer miles - just book it for them!
Feb 12, 2016, 8:42 pm
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Mar 30, 2019, 4:52 pm
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Delta Skymiles Are Ridiculous!!!
Transferring Delta Skymiles:
10,000 skymiles will save you $100 off of your next flight. BUT as it relates to transferring 10,000 skymiles to a single family member, their is a transaction rate of: $0.01 per mile. So to transfer 10,000 skymiles at $0.01 per mile, that's $100, plus a one-time processing fee of $30 for a total of $130. It seems very strange and unfair.
Let's say if I wanted to transfer 30,000 skymiles, that transfer would cost me $330 (rate+fee). They might as well REMOVE the transfer of miles option from their website. It seems to be a bad option/feature. It doesn't make sense.
Happy travels everyone!!
10,000 skymiles will save you $100 off of your next flight. BUT as it relates to transferring 10,000 skymiles to a single family member, their is a transaction rate of: $0.01 per mile. So to transfer 10,000 skymiles at $0.01 per mile, that's $100, plus a one-time processing fee of $30 for a total of $130. It seems very strange and unfair.
Let's say if I wanted to transfer 30,000 skymiles, that transfer would cost me $330 (rate+fee). They might as well REMOVE the transfer of miles option from their website. It seems to be a bad option/feature. It doesn't make sense.
Happy travels everyone!!
Last edited by kanewahinekapu; Mar 30, 2019 at 5:04 pm Reason: adding salutations
Mar 30, 2019, 5:11 pm
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Transferring Delta Skymiles:
10,000 skymiles will save you $100 off of your next flight. BUT as it relates to transferring 10,000 skymiles to a single family member, their is a transaction rate of: $0.01 per mile. So to transfer 10,000 skymiles at $0.01 per mile, that's $100, plus a one-time processing fee of $30 for a total of $130. It seems very strange and unfair.
Let's say if I wanted to transfer 30,000 skymiles, that transfer would cost me $330 (rate+fee). They might as well REMOVE the transfer of miles option from their website. It seems to be a bad option/feature. It doesn't make sense.
Happy travels everyone!!
10,000 skymiles will save you $100 off of your next flight. BUT as it relates to transferring 10,000 skymiles to a single family member, their is a transaction rate of: $0.01 per mile. So to transfer 10,000 skymiles at $0.01 per mile, that's $100, plus a one-time processing fee of $30 for a total of $130. It seems very strange and unfair.
Let's say if I wanted to transfer 30,000 skymiles, that transfer would cost me $330 (rate+fee). They might as well REMOVE the transfer of miles option from their website. It seems to be a bad option/feature. It doesn't make sense.
Happy travels everyone!!
Mar 31, 2019, 4:45 am
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If a feature doesn't work for you, don't use it. It works for some in difference circumstances.
Mar 31, 2019, 5:03 am
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I have used it many times to top up my account with family members who are infrequent travelers with no DL credit card who effectively have “dead” or very low balance accounts (less than 5,000 miles) that will never be redeemed. Well worth it for me as buying top up miles are 3.5 cents each.
Last edited by sydneyracquelle; Mar 31, 2019 at 4:29 pm
Mar 31, 2019, 12:34 pm
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$30 processing fee was not even a concern when I looked at xferring 100,000 points to my parents so they could go to Hawaii in FC anytime in the future.
.01 per mile is what killed that deal: $1000 per ... + the $120 in xaction fees (four times because of limit). So $1120 to give each parent miles.
With that, I realized to never xfer miles - just book it for them!
.01 per mile is what killed that deal: $1000 per ... + the $120 in xaction fees (four times because of limit). So $1120 to give each parent miles.
With that, I realized to never xfer miles - just book it for them!
The transfer should really be looked at as buying "dead" miles and the cost is 1c/m +$30. My limit on buying is 1c/m. So I would never do this.
OTOH, I could see somebody who is ready to say by-by to DL doing this in order to gather miles together for one last trip.