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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 8:32 am
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dcpatti
 
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Originally Posted by jamesbondc
Now my mom wants to fly business class to India using Delta skymiles. I think it's 120,000 miles to get free ticket. Currently Delta has 50% mile bonus offer going on so what I am thinking of doing is: get her to buy 60,000 miles so she'll get total of 90,000 miles and then I will buy 20,000 miles and get total of 30,000 miles. I will then transfer my miles to her and she will have total of 120,000 Delta skymiles. After taxes and fees it should cost me around $2,800 for the business class ticket. Is this a good idea to do it or is there a better way?
Don't forget to factor in the fees charged to transfer the miles. It may be cheaper to just buy enough miles into a single account to cover the whole award.
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