shareAAmiles - Transfer / share AA miles for fee (consolidated)
Apr 7, 2009, 3:36 pm
#33
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Somewhat surprisingly, this was not explicitly stated in the AA Forum Glossary. It is now 
Feb 21, 2010, 1:19 am
#35
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Good mileage transfer ideas? w/o points.com
My wife's AAdvantage account has about 3xK miles leftover. She rarely flies. On the other hand, I could certainly use those miles.
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
Feb 21, 2010, 3:41 am
#36
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My wife's AAdvantage account has about 3xK miles leftover. She rarely flies. On the other hand, I could certainly use those miles.
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
I've done this before, IIRC it was quite expensive per mile but if it gets you over some "hurdle", such as getting you enough miles to get a free flight when otherwise you didnt have enough, then it may be worth it to you, which was my situation when giving some miles to a relative. Its also pretty quick, a few days at most from what I remember.
Last edited by Tumbleweed666; Feb 21, 2010 at 8:40 am
Feb 21, 2010, 4:47 am
#37
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Mileage transfers are expensive. I'd use them in another way unless you need them as noted above.
http://www.aavacations.com/use-aadvantage-miles.asp
http://www.aavacations.com/use-aadvantage-miles.asp
Feb 21, 2010, 9:37 am
#38
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aa has share and gift options to xfer mi's to another aadvantage aacount....look at both to see if one is better than the other...good luck..
Feb 21, 2010, 9:58 am
#39
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My wife's AAdvantage account has about 3xK miles leftover. She rarely flies. On the other hand, I could certainly use those miles.
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
Feb 21, 2010, 10:03 am
#40
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Feb 21, 2010, 10:26 am
#41
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For example:
a Mileage run or two carefully selected can easily yield twice the miles for a fraction of the money (and those would be EQM)
A six month subscription to Netflix can yield 3K miles for less than $60
When they a doing 10X bonuses on AAdvantage Dining a $450 spend would get you 4.5 K miles (plus with a little care in where you eat you may get extra value from the dining out
)Similarly you can get some 10X bonuses on AAdvantage shopping network.
Feb 21, 2010, 10:58 am
#42
Join Date: Jun 2009
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If you want 3K AA miles... numerous options are out there that would cost less than $450....
For example:
a Mileage run or two carefully selected can easily yield twice the miles for a fraction of the money (and those would be EQM)
A six month subscription to Netflix can yield 3K miles for less than $60
When they a doing 10X bonuses on AAdvantage Dining a $450 spend would get you 4.5 K miles (plus with a little care in where you eat you may get extra value from the dining out)
Similarly you can get some 10X bonuses on AAdvantage shopping network.
For example:
a Mileage run or two carefully selected can easily yield twice the miles for a fraction of the money (and those would be EQM)
A six month subscription to Netflix can yield 3K miles for less than $60
When they a doing 10X bonuses on AAdvantage Dining a $450 spend would get you 4.5 K miles (plus with a little care in where you eat you may get extra value from the dining out
)Similarly you can get some 10X bonuses on AAdvantage shopping network.
Anyway, where do you do Aadvantage dining that you can spend $450?? All the places near me are fast food or bars.
Feb 21, 2010, 12:41 pm
#43
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My wife's AAdvantage account has about 3xK miles leftover. She rarely flies. On the other hand, I could certainly use those miles.
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
There's the default option of transferring those 3xK miles via points.com, but that would take 2+ years and $450.
Are there better ways to transfer those miles?
Or... are there any good use of miles that people can think of? AA->hotel?
Thank!
Jun 4, 2011, 10:39 am
#44
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so ur saying i should book the ticket for my family member, but will AA care since the first name is different from the name on my account? how do i make sure that it doesn't look like i am selling my miles to a total stranger, i don't want to be accused of doing any fraud, should i just book over the phone and say its a family member for better security?
"The AAdvantage number for Passenger 1 does not match the name entered. Please verify and re-enter."
Has AA's policy on this changed? Do I need to do this by phone instead? Thanks.
Jun 4, 2011, 10:56 am
#45
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I am trying to reserve a ticket for myself online logged in with my dad's Advantage account and I keep getting this error message:
"The AAdvantage number for Passenger 1 does not match the name entered. Please verify and re-enter."
Has AA's policy on this changed? Do I need to do this by phone instead? Thanks.
"The AAdvantage number for Passenger 1 does not match the name entered. Please verify and re-enter."
Has AA's policy on this changed? Do I need to do this by phone instead? Thanks.