how do i transer US miles to continental?
#1
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: NJ
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how do i transer US miles to continental?
I've found that usair has no usable flights and i'd like to just transfer my points to continental if possible. Is there a way to do this?
#2
Join Date: Jan 2006
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no. Once you earn in one program it is virtually impossible in most cases to move them to another one.
But, since both are *A you should be able to book flights in the alliance with either one's miles. What are you basing the statement that "usair has no usable flights" on? If you are just going by their webiste availability tool, then you may need to call them up to get flights, especially on partners.
But, since both are *A you should be able to book flights in the alliance with either one's miles. What are you basing the statement that "usair has no usable flights" on? If you are just going by their webiste availability tool, then you may need to call them up to get flights, especially on partners.
#3
Join Date: May 2011
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you can't transfer US to CO, but you can call US and book a partner reward on CO since they are both in the *A
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#5
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Join Date: May 2011
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use it on star alliance
I have been pretty lucky in using us air miles on Lufthansa they have lot of free seats per flight than many other airlines so call us air and use miles on star alliance partner
#6
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Hope I'm not thread-jacking, but do non-elites pay the award processing fee on partner airline awards?
#7
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Why would the OP even consider transferring miles to CO/UA from US. US offers the same availability and better redemption rates than CO/UA....some people just have no idea.......
#8
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We Flyertalkers know the ANA trick and other ways to find potential *A uses for Dividend Miles, but I never knew any of that before I came here.
Unless you're a high elite, I don't think there is *any* way to book a partner award on US without fees. I'm hopeful that I'll use my US miles in 2013 for Asia, where at least the fees are offset by slightly better total mileage costs than most other *A carriers. Yeah, it's a racket...but transferring miles from one program to another is either impossible or kills off nearly all of your award value through the conversions.
#9
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Also, I believe US doesn't allow one way awards, while UA/CO does.
#10
Join Date: Jan 2012
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To the OP... did you look into buying miles? I don't if UACO runs a similar promotion, but on US through the end of the month you get a 100% bonus if you pay with a US Airways credit card.
#11
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Perhaps somebody would like to redeem for a UA award at something other than saver levels due to limited availability/flexibility. Perhaps he finds a CO redemption otherwise not available with US miles (a non-Star carrier, among other options). There are lots of legitimate reasons.
#12
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I'll tell you my story looking for availability for my wife's trip to Basel Switzerland - she's UA dirt level. US' web site didn't know Basel exists. UA site knew where it was but couldn't come up with routing. CO's site had low mileage availability on US, UA, CO, LH, and one or two others for the TA portion and LX, LH, and one or two others into Basel. With her not having status, we didn't want the potential nightmare of trying to get something booked through UA offshore res, but UA and CO miles can be moved between programs instantly for free so she moved the miles needed to a new CO account and booked on their site.
Jim
Jim
#13
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Actually you can on Points.com. I hav 15,000 CO miles that are probably going to expire soon and I looked into transferring to US... 5:1 exchange rate (my 15K would become 3K on US) and the fees are outrageous $250-$300 (for that I could do a transcon MR, get the same or more miles and they'd be preferred qualifying.)
#14
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Actually you can on Points.com. I hav 15,000 CO miles that are probably going to expire soon and I looked into transferring to US... 5:1 exchange rate (my 15K would become 3K on US) and the fees are outrageous $250-$300 (for that I could do a transcon MR, get the same or more miles and they'd be preferred qualifying.)
To the OP... did you look into buying miles? I don't if UACO runs a similar promotion, but on US through the end of the month you get a 100% bonus if you pay with a US Airways credit card.
To the OP... did you look into buying miles? I don't if UACO runs a similar promotion, but on US through the end of the month you get a 100% bonus if you pay with a US Airways credit card.
#15
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