Processing Charge when Sharing Miles?
Dec 21, 2015, 8:38 pm
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Processing Charge when Sharing Miles?
Want to transfer some miles from one account to another, go to do it and I notice on top of the charge (which is completely fair), there is a "Processing Charge" of $15. I honestly don't get the point of this charge and was wondering if there would be any possible way out of it? They are already getting my money for sharing miles, they don't need a ridiculous amount more to "Process" it...
Dec 22, 2015, 12:52 am
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There are processing or transaction charges when buying, gifting, etc. miles. There's no way to avoid them other than to not use these "opportunities ".
Dec 22, 2015, 3:59 am
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Dec 22, 2015, 4:09 am
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Dec 22, 2015, 5:32 am
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Just curious, how many miles are you sharing? With all the fees sharing miles is generally a terrible deal, in most cases it's better to just buy new miles for the account, especially with the promos that are running.