FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Buying Skymiles when short?
Thread: Buying Skymiles when short?
View Single Post
Old May 26, 2015 | 7:52 am
  #5  
MSPeconomist
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
40 Countries Visited
60 Nights
5M
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 102,617
Originally Posted by alany611
Hi all,

I recently got the Amex Delta card that gives 50k skymiles for 1k min spend in 3 months. I'm eyeing a one way ticket to asia late december that is 55k skymiles + $50 or so. My question is, will it be possible/worth it to buy the 5k skymiles to make the difference? or will they kind of prorate the remaining cost for me?

Thank you!
Are you sure there's availability at that rate? Do not assume.

Depending on the cost of the ticket, you can also do pay with miles and use your 50,000 miles to reduce the price of any ticket by about $500, although if you're looking at a one way international ticket, chances are that it would be extremely to purchase so that the pay with miles option isn't helpful.
MSPeconomist is offline  
Reply