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#16
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PBI / JFK, ISP, LGA
Programs: AA, AS, AV, B6, DL, F9, WN
Posts: 866
OK, I may be a newbie, but I don't get it. Why is everyone so excited about this promotion? I am trying to understand by looking at this last year's link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
#17
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 109
I'm pretty sure transferring a point (or more) via points.com is different from buying points (even though it shows up as points.com). If it's there again, there may be some even better transfers this year. If I'm reading it right, you can get 1 US Dividend Mile by transferring 1 Phone Hog minute. I'm not a Phone Hog member, but a quick search gives you 10 free minutes just for signing up.
#18
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Home Airports: CAE/CLT
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, National Executive
Posts: 5,452
I will be playing for the first time when it goes live. Have been messing around with car rentals and hotel stays in the lower Hudson River area. Have some interesting rates that I will post once we know the rules of engagement.
#19
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: Migros Cumulus Platinum Hero
Posts: 1,628
Most who don't live in the USA have difficulties to get a reasonable amount of free/chep hits, that's no secret. It may, nevertheless, make sense to get some/all hits
#20
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Programs: SPG/Marriott Gold, National Emerald Executive
Posts: 66
2011 will be my first Grand Slam - it may be helpful for others to see the 2010 rules (for context)
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
#21
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: IC Royal Ambassador, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 485
"Cost" of Grand Slam
I see a lot of people saying getting these hits are too expensive. I was able to get 36 hits last year for around $600 and I didn't have any company paying my hotel stays. I received around 130k miles so my cost per mile was about 4 tenths of a cent. This is an incredible value and doesn't come around often. Like the track it back promo... With a little legwork and everyone posting the cheapest hits it should be easy to hit 100k for under $500. This years promo is going to be bigger. I'm thinking 120k or 150k for 40 or 42 hits.
#22
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: IC Royal Ambassador, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 485
Radisson Avis Promo for GS11
So club carlson (radisson) is having a 5000 mile promo for a 2 day rental. For grand slam you need only 2000 points to transfer to US. One hit for you and one hit for someone else. Transfer has to match the name on your club Carlson account...but you can edit the name and do a trade with someone else.
#23
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: US Air, United
Posts: 95
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
As for cheap that depends on who you are and what you do on a regular basis anyway. If you don't utilize hotels, or rental cars, or the Shopping mall, or any of the other vendors for business you have to do then I suppose you really could rack up a lot of $ chasing this promo. Could you possibly utilize some of the vendors? Like do you buy office supplies? Then last year you could purchase them through Office Depot and then get a hit on the promo. Find a few of those and suddenly you have some miles on your hands.
If you look a little deeper into your buying habits you might discover there are ways to use what you might purchase anyway (and yes probably a few extraneous purchases too) AND score some nice miles and then you will know why a lot of us are addicted to this promo! Of course if you have no hotel miles, no need to rent a car, no need to buy anything or try something new, no need for the thrill of the chase then I suppose you could just go ahead and buy miles. Yawn....
Try it! It's really fun. Even for Canadians!!
#24
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Mile-High Club, Marriott Plt, SPG P-75, PC Plt, Hyatt Dia, Carlson Gold, BW Dia
Posts: 1,845
?????
As for the the people who will just defecate a new thread with no regard for any preexisting threads, the mods don't have to go through the effort to move them. Simply lock the thread with a boilerplate message (e.g., "Find the right thread and try again."). The chaos level of a forum varies directly with our tolerance of it.
#26
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
Programs: AA, UA, BA, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 2,074
OK, I may be a newbie, but I don't get it. Why is everyone so excited about this promotion? I am trying to understand by looking at this last year's link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
Just wait til things get going. People will post creative ways to get hits. If you just want to get your toes wet like I did last year, start with the no/low cost stuff. Keep in mind that you have to get to the next tier of bonus to get ANY bonus (for example, if you're at 8 hits, you won't get anything until 12, so don't do 9,10, or 11 without knowing you can get to 12). This will make sure you get the most bang for your buck.
#27
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: AVP
Programs: US CP, Hilton Diamond, Avis Prefered
Posts: 259
Yes there is confirmation, USAirways tweeted that it will be back and bigger than ever. No other details at this point but it will happen.
#28
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: AVP
Programs: US CP, Hilton Diamond, Avis Prefered
Posts: 259
OK, I may be a newbie, but I don't get it. Why is everyone so excited about this promotion? I am trying to understand by looking at this last year's link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
http://shopping.usairways.com/en-US/...slamrules.html
Maybe it's just me because I am in Canada, but I see no easy or cheap way to generate more than 4 hits. Maybe 8 at most, if I really try hard. For example, I can think of:
1. Buy miles
2. Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
3. e-miles
4. e-Rewards
5. Netflix
... and that's it! Anything beyond that would require to spend a lot of money (car rentals, hotels, etc), and the bonus miles thus earned would be extremely expensive. It would be cheaper just to buy miles, especially with the current 100% promo.
Or, am I missing something and there is a hidden easy and cheap way to generate 36 hits and get 100,000 miles?
#29
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: AVP
Programs: US CP, Hilton Diamond, Avis Prefered
Posts: 259
#30
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 441