<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tcook052:
...Recently I received 4,000 AS miles for enrollment bonus, e-mail bonus, etc and knew they would expire if I had no flight activity within 1 year...</font>
Why would these miles expire without flight activity in one year?
Here's a quote from the Alaska Airlines Milage Plan Terms and Conditions:
"If no mileage is credited to an account during the first nine months after it is opened, or if an account is inactive for longer than three years, the account may be deleted from the member files and the number reassigned. Once mileage has been deleted from an account, it will not be reinstated."
Note that it says "may" be deleted, not "will". Also, flight activity is never once mentioned; any mileage accrued keeps the account active.
I believe that you would have been better off keeping these orphan miles. You never know an opportunity might arise to "grow" your miles, or to trade them in for somthing of higher value - such as a partner in the AA 20/20!
PS I too recommend avoiding points.com!
[This message has been edited by CutStyle (edited 10-21-2002).]