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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 7:19 am
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Originally Posted by amolkold
Same thing with TopGuest - 50 points/day can really add up over a while and help with the lower threshold transfers (like BW or Choice 5000 points ... 100 check-ins over the course of a few months = free transfer if you don't stay at those chains). I didn't start hardcore TopGuesting until the GS and it helped me with my Hilton Transfer hit, but had I started last year, I could have saved $ with 2 other hotel transfers.
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As a GS Virgin I relaized I need to find ways to plus up my hotel programs that are gathering dust. (IHG, Choice, BW) I will be looking for ways to take advantage of promos to bulk them up for next year.

I have been filling out mindless surveys a few times a week, got up to $100. $25 went to US and $75 went to HH to help offset that transfer.

Oh, and as a PLT on AA one can transfer small amounts of miles to AsiaMiles. Need to do that before I sink to GLD in Feb. As a GLD or Kettle member one can only transfer a much larger number.
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