How long did it take you to transfer Amex MR to ANA airline
Feb 18, 2023, 12:17 pm
#1
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How long did it take you to transfer Amex MR to ANA airline
I initiated a points transfer from Amex MR to ANA airline this morning. Could anyone share your recent experience on how long it took you to receive the points in the ANA account after initiating the transfer?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Feb 18, 2023, 12:46 pm
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Expect at least 3 days to show up in your ANA account. By then, the available business/first class award you found will most likely be gone. Some people transfer the MR first, then search ANA for business/first class award ticket, thinking it would be easy, most of these people regret it. They ended up with ANA miles with a expiration date on them, and can't trasfer back to MR.
Last edited by Mama; Feb 18, 2023 at 9:46 pm
Feb 18, 2023, 10:35 pm
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Thanks for the response. I am kind of nervous now since I have found some tickets for my route and hopefully they would still be available when my points arrive.
I've heard that ANA has pretty generous policy on changing the dates on the award tickets whenever needed. Have you taken advantage of the changing policy to avoid points expiration?
I've heard that ANA has pretty generous policy on changing the dates on the award tickets whenever needed. Have you taken advantage of the changing policy to avoid points expiration?
Nov 14, 2023, 9:31 pm
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I transferred points from AMEX MR to ANA last Thursday night. The ANA miles were available to use in my ANA account on Saturday morning. I'm in the United States, Central Time Zone.
Nov 16, 2023, 7:38 pm
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The setup of the system links between the two partners. Probably amex and ANA does not have a direct idoc link, and there are some manual/semi-manual processing and validation steps.