500 miles for free?
Jun 13, 2009, 12:22 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Programs: Swiss HON, Emirates Skywards Gold
Posts: 98
500 miles for free?
for an award ticket (50K) i still need 500 miles, is there a way to get 500 miles for free, cause there is no possibility to buy miles!?! thanks for answering!
Jun 13, 2009, 1:36 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 197
you can transfer your points from most hotel frequent guest to AF ( priority club , spg, mariott, hilton ), to top up ur AF account..
since u are living in switzerland, u might be eligible also to take an AF credit card ( im not sure about these though )
Jun 14, 2009, 1:44 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), Bonvoy Gold
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Unfortunately there is no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to AF (or most other things in life I'm afraid).
What you could do is do a milage run to either LCY via CDG or DUB via CDG with CityJet, and if you hold status it can be done quite easily even on the 25% mileage accrual.
Jun 14, 2009, 2:24 pm
#6
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
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You could maybe get it through a car rental, though I have never, ever been able to get a car rental credited to Flying Blue, and got very annoyed in the process of trying to do so.
If you sign up for Flying Blue golf, you can get 250 miles for free. Here is the link:
http://www.flyingbluegolf.com/
If you sign up for Flying Blue golf, you can get 250 miles for free. Here is the link:
http://www.flyingbluegolf.com/
Jun 16, 2009, 4:39 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Switzerland
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If you sign up for Flying Blue golf, you can get 250 miles for free. Here is the link:
http://www.flyingbluegolf.com/
http://www.flyingbluegolf.com/
How long did it take before you got your miles credited?
Jun 16, 2009, 4:53 am
#8
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: A number, but no status no more
Posts: 3,049
Hi Concerto,
I don't know which company you tried, but Avis has been crediting me steadily for every rental I've taken. It's not great, but it's 600 miles per rental, which show up within days of completing the rental. It may make a difference that all my information is set up in my Avis Preferred profile (although I still need to put in the AWD every time).
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
Jun 16, 2009, 7:35 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MAD, ORY, CDG mostly
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Jun 16, 2009, 11:14 pm
#11
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About the car rentals, it really did annoy me so much to not get the miles that I gave up with it at FB. Miles & More was much more generous, and consistent.. but when I discovered bmi's Diamond Club programme, there was no turning back.
As for the golf thing, I still haven't signed up for it.. just saw you could do it. 250 miles didn't really motivate me.
As for the golf thing, I still haven't signed up for it.. just saw you could do it. 250 miles didn't really motivate me.
Jun 17, 2009, 1:38 am
#12
Join Date: May 2005
Location: EUR
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Another good one for loads of miles (although not free - at least fun) is to make a photo album with clicalbum.