Originally Posted by
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For members of Milepoint (now known as InsideFlyer), there is a LifeMiles promo where with a minimum of 100,000 miles bought, you get a 150% bonus. And a discount on Star Alliance redemptions is included. Minimum cost is about $3,900 (about 1.55 cents per mile).
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exter...l#post25513110 starting with post #104
For those of us based in the USA (and probably many other countries), the cost is $3,330 USD for 100K miles. No excise tax applies when buying miles from foreign airlines.
The $3,900 includes tax for people buying from certain countries, probably in Latin America where Avianca is based.
So actually the 150% bonus beats the 145% bonus last month for readers of a certain newsletter that was in Spanish/Portuguese.
Sounds like AV is getting really desperate to sell. If they could just spend a little money fixing their website so it's as good as Aeroplan's, I'd buy.