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Old Nov 14, 2019, 11:28 pm
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freed0m
 
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Originally Posted by 1984SW
I'm still stuck on the logistics. If I'm A and you're B, I transfer 41k miles to you. (Who gets the bonus, you or me?) But for me to get my original miles back from you, I'd need to pay the transfer fees a second time, for $1230 total, no?

I'm sorry to be so dense. I seem to be missing something basic about how it works.
For simplicity, you have 20K miles now.

1. you transfer 20K miles to me and pay $300. I get 20K + 23K miles.
2. I transfer 43K(20 + 23) back to you and pay $645, you get 43K + 49.45K miles in the end.

The end result, $300 + $645 = 43 + 49.5 - 20 = 72.5K miles, 1.3 US cents per mile.

You can adjust based on what you want to end up with and keep in mind that max 75K transfer limit before bonus.

This way, you pay 1.3 US cents per mile without minimum purchase, that is, you can start with 1K transfer, but the price you pay per mile is the same.
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