Originally Posted by
doppelganger613
Could someone please explain points.com for me? I'm interested in making my American and Delta miles magically turn into United miles, and I can't quite understand how that happens and whether it would cost me anything.
At this point, the 40,000 American miles are phantom, as they expired some time ago. But with a little effort, I can get them reinstated; I'm trying to decide if it's worth the cost of a non-United ticket to do it.
Thank you!
Too bad about the expiration. Even opening a points.com account and taking the AA bonus would have extended them for another 18 months.
I am a bit confused by the #2 post, because I have transfered other points at points.com, without paying for it..... As far as transferring airlines miles to another airline. It can be done, an I think there is even a calculator for it somewhere, however I believe you would lose a lot of miles in the process.
40000 miles gets you a roundtrip to Europe in the off peak, or it's 80 percent of the way to a one way business class ticket to Europe. 2/3 of roundtrip business class ticket on LAN to Peru, more than enough for Economy roundtrips to US, Canada, Hawaii, Caribbean, or Mexico.
So, my advice is pay the fee to get them back ONLY if you plan to use them on AA... Alternatively, if you need 80K Hilton points, and want to pay the $25 fee to transfer them.