FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - $250 for 53K re-instatement, worth it?

Oct 28, 2011 | 11:01 pm

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vysean

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BoeingBoy

If you can get 99k miles for the same price as re-instating your 53K it sounds like a no brainer - go for the 99K. Chalk the 53K miles up as the cost of learning not to let your miles expire.

Jim

I think what the OP is saying is that it costs $150 to reinstate up to 49k miles, and that it costs $250 to reinstate from 50k-99k miles - not that he could "buy up".

I wonder if it would be possible to selectively reinstate miles and only reinstate 49k of the 53k? I'd forgo 4k miles for $100, but I'm 99% certain US wouldn't go for that...