Originally Posted by
lin821
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:
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Yikes! I wouldn't spend $150 to
buy 10K Worldperks miles, let alone to transfer them.
I saw the $25 transfer fee listed on Northwest's site, but I didn't realize that they also hit you with a second, larger fee based on the number of points that you want to transfer. (It looks like they don't tell you about that second fee until you select a points value to transfer from their drop-down menu.)
Is there a "Miles Transfer FAQ" somewhere that gives information about the fees airlines (and other companies) charge for transferring miles/points? Some of the airlines don't exactly make it easy to tell what the cost is. (Besides Worldperks, I'm mostly interested in whether there are fees for transferring Starpoints and AMEX Membership Reward Points.)