Originally Posted by
Pinser555
Ok, so I have a little over 18,000 alaska air line miles earned through credit card purchases and a little over 8,000 earned though actual flight this year. I was wondering if I used a site like points.com to transfer my alaska airlines miles over to delta, would I qualify for the silver medallion level as I would have over 25,000 miles. Also what is the best way to go about transferring the miles over for alaska air to delta. Or is their a better way to go about this?
The MQM and RDMs (redeeemable miles) are not quite exactly related.
You have 26000 RDMs, expiring in 18 months,
8000 MQMs expire Dec 09 - new clock starts Jan10
The RDMs are like coins/ cash - worth 1c / mile.
The MQMs are for status for free upgrades.
RDMs
Any transfer costs money,
go to points.com and see the costs, at least 1c/mile
You can often buy miles for 2.5-2.8c/mile usually.
1.3-1.5c during promotions depending on the airline.
To transfer miles costs at 1c/mile = 260$
To do all that and buy a 250$ ticket is not worth it.
The best use for you is to get a DL award using Alaska.
It is better to give /swap free tickets or miles than to transfer, unless you really need that small amount for a first class award to e.g., Australia Singapore etc, when you can't afford to wait for the miles to accumulate.
MQMs
If you call AS and transfer all miles to your DL account, (by asking them to credit all the flights to your DL account) you will get only 8000 MQM miles -
useless, unless you plan many more trips this year.