Originally posted by PG:
I am not the board monitor, and I if have posted anything inappropriately feel free to point it out.
Why have a NW board or a United board or a .... and not post everything in Buzz?
When you request airline miles on a hotel stay, you are not transferring points from the hotel frequent guest program to the airline. For example with Starwood, there is a difference between requesting airline miles for the stay versus requesting Starwood points for the stay and later transferring the Starwood points to an airline.
PG, I have no problem with your raising this issue, as I agree that the purpose/effectiveness of this particular forum has been diluted over the past year.
But, simply put PG, this is one of the better bonus mile offers I have seen in a while, and you don't need to fly on NW at all to get these points. A lot of folks don't go to the NWA forum (this was the first visit for me in six months!) but I do have some dormant NWA miles that will soon be sufficient enough for a free ticket thanks to this promo.
I made a simple decision so that others may be able to benefit. In my judgement, this is Buzz worthy. It is a lot easier to complain about the general trend lately than to say "yeah, finally, a half decent thread that belongs in the Buzz".
To go back to your Starwood question, from my basic reading of the offer, you could conceivably complete this bonus by:
(1) staying at Starwood properties five separate times during eligibility period
(2) transferring Starwood PG points to NWA miles in Feb, Mar, and Apr (as long as you register by tomorrow) and complete two hotel stays
(3) transferring Starwood PG points to NWA miles in Feb, Mar, or Apr and complete four stays
etc...
So, you don't have to fly NWA at all. If you throw in a car rental, use Sprint LD or PCS, have a Diners Club point transfer, etc, you have a quick and easy 10,000 bonus miles.
FINALLY, my original purpose for posting this thread was to link back to the original thread in the NWA forum, where the real WorldPerks experts reside. It's counterproductive to do any more parsing of the promo terms in this thread.
And don't be surprised if Randy puts this offer in this top 10 bonus list in InsideFlyer.
[This message has been edited by fallinasleep (edited 02-09-2001).]