FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Noob mileage points question, apply to United or Turkish?
Thread: Noob mileage points question, apply to United or Turkish?
View Single Post
Old Jul 16, 2018 | 12:34 am
  #10  
docbert
2M
60 Nights
50 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,524
Originally Posted by peggypwr1
Hi, most likely I would use it for hotels. Smiles and miles sounds better as it takes 3 years to expire.
Better, and worse.

TK miles expire 3 years after you earn them. It doesn't matter if you're flying TK every week, if you haven't spent the miles you earnt 3 years ago, then they are gone.

UA miles, potentially, never expire. Technically they expire after 18 months, but it's 18 months with no action on your account - not 18 months after you earn the miles. As long as you earn or redeem even 1 single mile, then ALL of your miles stay active for another 18 months. Do *something* every 17 months, and your miles will never expire (there's an entire thread around here somewhere with idea on how to earn/redeem tiny amounts of miles for this reason).
docbert is offline  
Reply