Buy ANA Miles?
Hey gang,
I've googled around and either the answer is a flat no, or I can't find the right spot.
Basically, I've got just over 18,000 miles that will expire (after the second extension) at the end of March 2022. Obviously it's not much, but it's also not an insignificant amount of miles that I'd rather not just let burn. If I transfer over every Marriott point I have, I can juice my balance to 51,000 and change.
A couple dilemmas...1) as a Canadian who usually travels in Y I'd be happy to redeem 30k for a return NA award, but I don't really need that and there doesn't look like any other redemptions that really work for me below 50k 2) there are some attractive redemptions at 55k, but I can't seem to find a link to buy miles from ANA to get myself there.
Every program I'm in seems to wanna sell top up miles, it's smart and lucrative, why not? But I can't find anything on the ANA website to that end. When I google "buy ANA miles" I do get some hits, but they all seem to be from mileage broker sites, which to my knowledge wouldn't even be legal, or within the rules of the program. Is that correct? Or are these brokers legit?
There's no Canadian ANA credit card that I'm aware of, can't extend the miles beyond the extensions, can't think of any other way to get more miles without travelling (which I don't have much in the way of plans). Any ideas?