25% to 35% Bonus miles on hotel point transfers
Jun 14, 2010, 12:42 pm
#31
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 314
It means that the 35% bonus only applies to the miles resulting from a transfer from a given program that yields 20,001 AA miles or more. If you earn 15,000 miles from one hotel program and then another 15,000 miles from another hotel program, the bonus will only be 25%.
Jun 14, 2010, 12:54 pm
#32
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
According to the converter at www.webflyer.com, if I
transferring 50,000 AA miles will result in 100,000 HHonors points
transferring 50,000 HHonors points to AA will result in 7,500 miles + 1,875 bonus miles. Uh, no, thanks.
transferring 50,000 AA miles will result in 100,000 HHonors points
transferring 50,000 HHonors points to AA will result in 7,500 miles + 1,875 bonus miles. Uh, no, thanks.
Jun 14, 2010, 1:11 pm
#33
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PDX
Programs: OnePass, MilesPlus, AAdvantage, SkyMiles (unfortunately), PC Plat, HH Silver, Marriott Aluminium
Posts: 739
What's worth more? 20,000 SPG or 67,500 HH?
Nice deal for Hilton fans I think...
Jun 14, 2010, 1:22 pm
#34
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: South Park, Metropolis
Programs: AA LT PLT 3MM, Hilton/Marriott/SPG/Club Carlson GLD, IHG PLT
Posts: 4,608
seems like everyone is transferring points at SPG
it took me more than 20 minutes to accomplish this. I kept getting an error message that asked to try again, I did manage to get through, lets see.
Jun 14, 2010, 1:24 pm
#35
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
Programs: AA EXP, BA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 33,533
It's too bad that this promotion doesn't give bonus for going from AA to hotels (HH). We transfer miles out of AA and into HH, so that would be nice. The suggestion above would burn some SPG (so not as good as a straight AA->HH with bonus) and may be worth considering.
Cheers.
Jun 14, 2010, 1:45 pm
#36
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 17
transfer procedure
It sounds like I have to call Marriott and they manually transfer the miles. It says up to 7 weeks.
It appears I can do Hilton transfer on line.
Has anyone had a different experience?
Thanks
It appears I can do Hilton transfer on line.
Has anyone had a different experience?
Thanks
Jun 14, 2010, 1:55 pm
#37
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: GCM
Programs: SPG Plat AA EXP 2.5MM
Posts: 219
I want to move just over 180K SPG to AA as this will put me over 2MM Lifetime on AA. In reading the T&C it looks like I have to move this at 3 times 60K SPG over three days.
Has anyone moved this many miles and does the math work?
Has anyone moved this many miles and does the math work?
Jun 14, 2010, 1:59 pm
#38
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
I moved about that many 18 months ago when Delta had their 150% bonus transfer promotion and everything went smoothly. As long as you stick to a max of 60k SPG per day you will be fine.
Jun 14, 2010, 2:10 pm
#39
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Do you all read this to mean that the 35 percent bonus miles will only be Redeemable miles and won't qualify toward lifetime elite?
The T&C say:
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within 7 business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by the eligible hotel program participant. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
The T&C say:
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within 7 business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by the eligible hotel program participant. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
Jun 14, 2010, 2:11 pm
#40
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
Do you all read this to mean that the 35 percent bonus miles will only be Redeemable miles and won't qualify toward lifetime elite?
The T&C say:
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within 7 business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by the eligible hotel program participant. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
The T&C say:
Bonus miles will be posted by American Airlines to the qualifying AAdvantage member's account within 7 business days after the initial conversion activity has been posted by the eligible hotel program participant. Bonus miles earned in this promotion do not count toward elite status qualification.
Jun 14, 2010, 2:17 pm
#41
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 18
I called AA and they said AAL MILES AND BONUS will count towards Lifetime Status
Jun 14, 2010, 2:18 pm
#42
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, PCR Plat/Amb
Posts: 468
I just finished a SPG->AA transfer last week. 
Oh well, at least it was only 20000 pts!
Oh well, at least it was only 20000 pts!
Jun 14, 2010, 2:45 pm
#43
Join Date: Jan 2006
Programs: Marriott - Titanium, AA - Lifetime Gold
Posts: 333
Do you have to register for this promo?
Do you have to register for this promo?
Jun 14, 2010, 2:48 pm
#44
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
Jun 14, 2010, 3:12 pm
#45
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Coppell, TX, USA
Posts: 163
Easing Your Concerns
Thanks for everyone’s interest in our hotel conversion bonus miles offer – it is a sweet deal! We noticed that there’s some anxiety over conversions possibly being excluded if they post after the promotion period – but no worries! As long as you make the transaction within the time frame listed, then you will qualify for the bonus miles regardless of when the transaction is credited to your account. As for the green diamond next to Marriott, every Marriott brand – except for Marriott Vacation Club – is eligible. Because of that one exception, the Marriott “Family of Brands” did not get the green diamond designation.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!