Originally Posted by
uprightposition
received a snail mail offer yesterday to convert mr miles and then receive a 30% ba bonus if done before the end of the year.
i have not seen an evaluation of this deal here...is there any reason not to take this bonus if i want to get rid of my "old" mr miles to have them sit in a ba exec club account where they can easily be converted to aa miles...or am i missing a catch here?
there is some fine print about costing 0.0006 a point with a maximum fee of $99 to convert points to an american carrier...but from my position i am happy to close out the amex and stop paying the annual fee on that card and not be forced to use the miles...am i missing a downside or a better opportunity elsewhere? thanks.
I thought that the fee for converting points was only for US carriers,therefore not BA. I am having a similar dilemma-need to transfer 50K points soon in order to close down the account and avoid the annual fee. The question is, BA or Delta? (already have miles on both) 30% bonus and no transfer fee sounds nice, but I'm already worried about the cost of using my BA miles now that the fuel surcharge seems unavoidable (international flights) Delta has the current deal with 50% bonus and silver status (which would be nice) but there's that transfer charge and, of course, already having trouble finding international flights with "skypesos" . So any advice or any ideas I hadn't thought of?