Get "UNLIMITED" AA miles for less than $0.01 per mile
Apr 23, 2004, 8:00 am
#121
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: United Premier, American Airlines
Posts: 896
Question: How soon do the 3rd Birthday Points.Com Celebration double points post? I just did a 1,000 Anything Points to AA Miles transfer in my Points Plus account, and only see the following confirmation:
04/22/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 465 465
No mention in my Points.Com account or AA account about the double miles promotion or 25% bonus for being a PointsPlus customer.
If I'm doing something wrong, I need to know, before I transfer points I'm still waiting to post for Ancestry.Com and ShareBuilder.
04/22/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 465 465
No mention in my Points.Com account or AA account about the double miles promotion or 25% bonus for being a PointsPlus customer.
If I'm doing something wrong, I need to know, before I transfer points I'm still waiting to post for Ancestry.Com and ShareBuilder.
Apr 23, 2004, 8:21 am
#122
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 667
Originally Posted by burgerwars
Question: How soon do the 3rd Birthday Points.Com Celebration double points post? I just did a 1,000 Anything Points to AA Miles transfer in my Points Plus account, and only see the following confirmation:
04/22/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 465 465
No mention in my Points.Com account or AA account about the double miles promotion or 25% bonus for being a PointsPlus customer.
If I'm doing something wrong, I need to know, before I transfer points I'm still waiting to post for Ancestry.Com and ShareBuilder.
04/22/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 465 465
No mention in my Points.Com account or AA account about the double miles promotion or 25% bonus for being a PointsPlus customer.
If I'm doing something wrong, I need to know, before I transfer points I'm still waiting to post for Ancestry.Com and ShareBuilder.
here's my Ancestry and Premier Health:
Date Transaction Description Mileage Bonus Total
04/19/04 POINTS 3RD BIRTHDAY BONUS 0 1,719 1,719
04/19/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 1,375 0 1,375
not bad for ~10 minutes
milk it while it's there
Apr 23, 2004, 1:13 pm
#123
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: KCMO
Programs: SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Marriott Silver, PC Ammbassador
Posts: 352
I jumped on the band wagon...
After spending a few days of reading this and making notes I decided to give it a try. Everything is working out like a charm. I'm very pleased with how is working. I'm just waiting to see some posts. Keep the ideas rolling. 
I did the plus points account, ancestry, premier health plus, and share builder.
I was looking at buying some stock anyways..this just gave me more of a push.
I haven't decided yet to use the pay pal thing. Thats my next step.
Thanks
Janet
I did the plus points account, ancestry, premier health plus, and share builder.
I was looking at buying some stock anyways..this just gave me more of a push.
I haven't decided yet to use the pay pal thing. Thats my next step.
Thanks
Janet
Apr 23, 2004, 4:39 pm
#124
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: United Premier, American Airlines
Posts: 896
Originally Posted by MazdaMP
give it a few hours, it'll come!
here's my Ancestry and Premier Health:
Date Transaction Description Mileage Bonus Total
04/19/04 POINTS 3RD BIRTHDAY BONUS 0 1,719 1,719
04/19/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 1,375 0 1,375
not bad for ~10 minutes
milk it while it's there
here's my Ancestry and Premier Health:
Date Transaction Description Mileage Bonus Total
04/19/04 POINTS 3RD BIRTHDAY BONUS 0 1,719 1,719
04/19/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 1,375 0 1,375
not bad for ~10 minutes
milk it while it's there
Apr 24, 2004, 4:29 am
#125
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: BOS, MHT
Programs: AA ltg, B6, DL, UA, AS, SPG/Marriott Plt, HH, Hyatt
Posts: 10,052
WOW! I never thought I'd find something as confusing as ME!
This one has been a bit hard for me to decipher but I am thinking it may be time to jump into the game... I had not been using AA at all in the past several months so hardly cared about miles on them, to be completely honest... (been concentrating on my NWA and UA miles lately)
BUT I do now and I think I will have to print this thang out, figure it out for myself, and try to make a one-size-fits all everything document that can be posted on my web link. Yeah, for those of us out there who don't mind the length (but like to get this kind of info in one step by step shot complete with side notes and all the what ifs) such a thing would be helpful.
What web link you ask? Well, I am slowly compiling my own versions of such lengthy gigs and schemes onto a web site that I own so I can be like so many other travel related gurus and pretend to have all the answers and holy grails. (ha ha--yeah right. It's STILL too long, MM!). I currently use my link to display all the steps in one stop shop for that gift card gig (which I still think takes the cake in terms of free or near free mylez). Now, as I have mentioned, I may need to try this with this thread to try and make sense of it. So for those who dont know of my link, you should just visit the mileage buzz page and scroll thu that equally longgg thread (now there are 2 of them actually) on gift cards. Not that I am the end all be all of this kind of stuff or anything, but hey, wouldnt it be nice if some of these longer, more confusing ones were encapsulated into a one-stop shop kind of place? That is what my link is going to be about... I will begin this weekend perhaps.
Anyway, this particular gig looks good but I am already a points.com plus member and have an ebay account so I guess I can do some of it if everything checks out, but not some of the initial steps. Thanks to you all for the tips, and to burgerwars for the orig post!
MM
This one has been a bit hard for me to decipher but I am thinking it may be time to jump into the game... I had not been using AA at all in the past several months so hardly cared about miles on them, to be completely honest... (been concentrating on my NWA and UA miles lately)
BUT I do now and I think I will have to print this thang out, figure it out for myself, and try to make a one-size-fits all everything document that can be posted on my web link. Yeah, for those of us out there who don't mind the length (but like to get this kind of info in one step by step shot complete with side notes and all the what ifs) such a thing would be helpful.
What web link you ask? Well, I am slowly compiling my own versions of such lengthy gigs and schemes onto a web site that I own so I can be like so many other travel related gurus and pretend to have all the answers and holy grails. (ha ha--yeah right. It's STILL too long, MM!). I currently use my link to display all the steps in one stop shop for that gift card gig (which I still think takes the cake in terms of free or near free mylez). Now, as I have mentioned, I may need to try this with this thread to try and make sense of it. So for those who dont know of my link, you should just visit the mileage buzz page and scroll thu that equally longgg thread (now there are 2 of them actually) on gift cards. Not that I am the end all be all of this kind of stuff or anything, but hey, wouldnt it be nice if some of these longer, more confusing ones were encapsulated into a one-stop shop kind of place? That is what my link is going to be about... I will begin this weekend perhaps.
Anyway, this particular gig looks good but I am already a points.com plus member and have an ebay account so I guess I can do some of it if everything checks out, but not some of the initial steps. Thanks to you all for the tips, and to burgerwars for the orig post!
MM
Apr 24, 2004, 4:32 am
#126
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: BOS, MHT
Programs: AA ltg, B6, DL, UA, AS, SPG/Marriott Plt, HH, Hyatt
Posts: 10,052
...on second thought, maybe I WONT do any of the above at all.
MM
MM
Apr 24, 2004, 10:46 am
#127
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: IAD/SFO/OAK
Programs: UAL IK, AA Gold, CO Silver
Posts: 8
Hmmmmm.
Maybe I did something wrong. Here is what I did:
1. Set up a Anything Points account with ebay/paypal.
2. Signed up with Point.com and paid the 19.95 and got 2100 Ebay Anything Points.
3. Tried to transfer them to AA, and the "Calculate" shows that the 2100 points translates to 977 miles on AA.
4. So I went to the promotion page, and tried it from there, and got the following message:
"We are sorry, but this offer is not available to existing pointsplus members."
Don't understand; can someone help. ( I've not exercised that exchange yet)
Thanks,
Michael
Maybe I did something wrong. Here is what I did:
1. Set up a Anything Points account with ebay/paypal.
2. Signed up with Point.com and paid the 19.95 and got 2100 Ebay Anything Points.
3. Tried to transfer them to AA, and the "Calculate" shows that the 2100 points translates to 977 miles on AA.
4. So I went to the promotion page, and tried it from there, and got the following message:
"We are sorry, but this offer is not available to existing pointsplus members."
Don't understand; can someone help. ( I've not exercised that exchange yet)
Thanks,
Michael
Apr 24, 2004, 12:31 pm
#128
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Somwhere on the highways and byways of the United States
Programs: WWBTNFTMTP Evangelist
Posts: 16,737
The calculation and the confirmation of the exchange will only show 977 miles. When the miles post to your AAccount an additional line will appear for 1221 miles.
Apr 24, 2004, 12:54 pm
#129
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Austin
Programs: AA P4L, WN, BA, DL, UA, HHonors, IHG
Posts: 3,485
Anyone joining this discussion late should recognize that the premise of the initial posting...unlimited number of AA miles for one cent each...is unfortunately not correct. The original poster posted a correction in the thread, but did not edit the original posting to clarify.
There are some free-miles deals, and a one-time deal of 2100 miles for $20, and the possibility of some eBay / PayPal trickery to get lots of miles for very little cost, but you will not find in this thread a scheme to buy unlimited miles for $0.01 each. Dang!
There are some free-miles deals, and a one-time deal of 2100 miles for $20, and the possibility of some eBay / PayPal trickery to get lots of miles for very little cost, but you will not find in this thread a scheme to buy unlimited miles for $0.01 each. Dang!
Apr 24, 2004, 1:34 pm
#130
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
Originally Posted by Middle_Seat
Anyone joining this discussion late should recognize that the premise of the initial posting...unlimited number of AA miles for one cent each...is unfortunately not correct. The original poster posted a correction in the thread, but did not edit the original posting to clarify.
There are some free-miles deals, and a one-time deal of 2100 miles for $20, and the possibility of some eBay / PayPal trickery to get lots of miles for very little cost, but you will not find in this thread a scheme to buy unlimited miles for $0.01 each. Dang!
There are some free-miles deals, and a one-time deal of 2100 miles for $20, and the possibility of some eBay / PayPal trickery to get lots of miles for very little cost, but you will not find in this thread a scheme to buy unlimited miles for $0.01 each. Dang!
The eBay scheme yielded lots and lots of miles for less than $.01 per mile-- more like $.004 per mile-- and in the case of AsiaMiles, we got in the 6 figures of those miles for approx $.004 per mile. Until eBay/PayPal shut down our party.
Apr 25, 2004, 12:09 am
#131
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: BiCoastal USA
Programs: AA 2.88 MM-EXPlat, HHDiamond, SPG & Marriott Silver
Posts: 316
How to Pay for ShareBuilder? Can I use my PayPal account?
I'd like to make the $5 transaction this Tuesday, but how to get them the money without costing additional fees? Since I followed a link thru eBay/PayPal to Sharebuilder, I'm hoping there's a way to transfer the money from PayPal into Sharebuilder.
Or, should I just write a check and wait for the next cycle?
Also, I joined PointsPlus thru the link with Fairmont Presidents Club (free) on Wednesday, but don't see any eBay Points yet. How long does it take to post?
I wish I had the stones to do the eBay auction game!
Or, should I just write a check and wait for the next cycle?
Also, I joined PointsPlus thru the link with Fairmont Presidents Club (free) on Wednesday, but don't see any eBay Points yet. How long does it take to post?
I wish I had the stones to do the eBay auction game!
Apr 25, 2004, 12:24 am
#132
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: YVR
Posts: 715
You get the enrollment bounses only if you pay $$$ to become a PointsPlus member.
Apr 25, 2004, 12:29 am
#133
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: BiCoastal USA
Programs: AA 2.88 MM-EXPlat, HHDiamond, SPG & Marriott Silver
Posts: 316
Aah, Duh!
Originally Posted by jakob
You get the enrollment bounses only if you pay $$$ to become a PointsPlus member.
thanks!
Apr 25, 2004, 6:51 am
#134
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Chicago
Posts: 2,682
You guys are not making nearly enough money. Try this:
10K anything points=52,941 reserve america
52,941 reserve america=12,312 AA miles
12,312 AA miles doubled +25% bonus= 24,624+3078=27,002 miles
If everything I say is correct, I just reduced cost by over 60%. I knew that my business professors in college didn't appreciate me enough.
10K anything points=52,941 reserve america
52,941 reserve america=12,312 AA miles
12,312 AA miles doubled +25% bonus= 24,624+3078=27,002 miles
If everything I say is correct, I just reduced cost by over 60%. I knew that my business professors in college didn't appreciate me enough.
Last edited by hindukid; Apr 25, 2004 at 6:55 am
Apr 25, 2004, 7:20 am
#135
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: JFK based
Programs: (¯`'•.¸Hyatt Globalist * AA Gold * Delta Silver * Marriott Platinum * Hilton Gold¸.•'´¯)
Posts: 215
Oh 
I followed the link in the OP & accidently selected the 650 AAdvantage miles bonus instead of the 2100 Ebay Anything points bonus... emailing CS now.
I followed the link in the OP & accidently selected the 650 AAdvantage miles bonus instead of the 2100 Ebay Anything points bonus... emailing CS now.