Originally Posted by
jluu111
This tells me that if you have an old account with expired miles, you can potentially bring those miles back to life (Arrrrrrrrghhhh, Frankenstein!!!!!
) for free by creating a new Mileage Plan account and merging them into it.
Errr... not.
Its likely that your miles either hadn't expired, or had just expired and they gave you a break because you had a decent sized balance with the account created by the Visa bonus.