Originally Posted by
JudyS
Northwest lets you transfer miles for a fairly low fee; could you transfer NW miles into someone's account, and have them transfer Delta or United mile sinto one of your accounts?
It's not cost-effective at all. For seasoned FTers, we rather have miles earned/redeemed for free.
In terms of Worldperks miles, it will cost $150 to transfer 10K miles to another account. Simply too costly in my book.
NWA Transfer Miles:
Transaction Terms:
Processing fee per transaction: $25.00
One to four WorldPerks recipients may be included in a single transaction
Miles to Transfer: -- Select One -- 5,000 miles ($75.00) 6,000 miles ($85.00) 7,000 miles ($95.00) 8,000 miles ($105.00) 9,000 miles ($115.00) 10,000 miles ($125.00) 11,000 miles ($135.00) 12,000 miles ($145.00) 13,000 miles ($155.00) 14,000 miles ($165.00) 15,000 miles ($175.00) 16,000 miles ($185.00) 17,000 miles ($195.00) 18,000 miles ($205.00) 19,000 miles ($215.00) 20,000 miles ($225.00) 21,000 miles ($235.00) 22,000 miles ($245.00) 23,000 miles ($255.00) 24,000 miles ($265.00) 25,000 miles ($275.00) 26,000 miles ($285.00) 27,000 miles ($295.00) 28,000 miles ($305.00) 29,000 miles ($315.00) 30,000 miles ($325.00)
Originally Posted by
sawidol
Have you considered looking at the exchange rate through points.com given they have the option of converting your miles from one frequent flyer program into another depending on the airlines but you need to be very careful as to sometimes the conversion rate is not so good and you might end up loosing some miles in the interim.
It's a common knowledge among savvy FTers: Don't use Points.com to convert among your FFPs. It cuts you deep, very deep. If you don't mind the cut, go ahead, of course!
On top of that, some FFPs simply cannot be converted or transfered out, such as Delta & UA.
If I were OP, I would just work my way and try to build my account balance up to the next level of award ticket. I think you only need 20K to get an intra-Asia award ticket. @:-)