bryanwallace

trying to find something cheapto buy on the eshopping mall as i live overseas..
itunes seems to havegone-what are the other cheapest options?
thanks

carsnoceans

Is it the activity date or posting date that counts for extending the expiration date? I have ~20k at risk (expiring in 30 days)... I have enough time to make a shopping portal transaction but not sure on the time line for posting.

If it's too much risk then I'll just purchase 1000 miles. (although thats the least preferred method).

RogerD408

Typically they go by activity date. So if the miles don't post in time, they will reinstate any miles deducted as expired. You may need to call them to get it to happen, but I'd only wait a few days just in case.

thunderlounge

While not a great price for miles at just under 3¢/mile, there are worse ways to spend 30 bucks. Plus you'll have the peace of mind that the expiration is definitely halted instead of hoping a shopping portal purchase posts in time, or that they reinstate the miles they thought expired.

Cygnet

"Activity date" is how the airline sees it, but beware that the date as reported by the shopping portal vendor can be a "gotcha." From my own experiences of various online vendors, the "activity date" reported can be the date you placed the order, OR the date your order was "received", OR the date your order was "processed", OR the date a transaction "hold" was placed on your credit card, OR the date your credit card company actually approved the transaction, OR the date your order was shipped, OR the date it was picked up (if in-store, for example), OR...etc., etc. And, don't forget time zone differences, too, if your cutoff date is very close (is it the time zone/date of where you ordered, or the vendor's website server, or the vendor's physical store, or...?) In other words, each online vendor may define and report the activity date to the airline in ways you didn't expect. I have seen an instance, for example, where the reported activity date was almost 2 weeks past the actual date I placed the order, simply because a part was on back-order, thus the full order was not "completed" and therefore the credit card not billed until later. Another example is flower delivery, especially if the flowers aren't scheduled for delivery until much later. Buyer beware -- the airline will refer you to the vendor for clarification.

HappymanUK

I have a total of 21,500 miles (I know it isn't a lot) with American Airlines that are due to expire on 25/06/2018.

As I won't be flying with them anytime soon, does anyone know of any way to extend the expiry date of these miles - or make use of them ? - I don't want them wasted.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Daniel

JDiver

There are a lot of ways miles can be extended listed in the Wikipost at the top of the page. Even a dine or survey earning a few miles is good in the USA, and though it’s not quite as easy in the UK, but anything extends their validity 18 months.

HappymanUK

Thank you - The surveys are saying they are not accepting new members at the moment. The lowest spend I can find is to purchase a magazine subscription for 400 miles, but need to send it to a US address - so a bit stuck

arollins

If the surveys are not accepting new members, and the US address situation for magazine subscription, unless you have a friend in the US that you can gift them a subscription, you could do a miles donation to a charity, purchase something out of the AA website to send to someone in the US, there is also an award programs that track miles, points for hotels, airlines, and other non travel related activities that allows you to earn 5 AA miles for posting comments on their blog as well.

robofski

1,000 mile minimum donation will extend your miles for 18 months or you can make a $25 donation to one of their charities and receive miles and extend for 18 months.

https://www.americanairlines.co.uk/i...ght/donate.jsp

aktchi

So? Send a magazine to anyone you know. Or don't know.

JDiver

It’s. It somesxy for non-USA residents, but there are hotel, rental car and other AA partners one can earn miles with in the U.K. and the rest of Europe, if you have any plans. For a charitable contribution of £18.36, you can earn 1,000 miles as well.

Good luck.

radoak

me and my wife both have our aa miles expire in early jan , were in canada so not as easy to just order something ,, may be going to the usa for a weeked (driving), thought about signing up for the aa dining and getting a few miles that way , how long does it take for those miles to post if i do it that way ,if not what best way to keep aa miles alive know i can buy aa miles prefer not to do that .

JJeffrey

Lots of ideas:

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ORD-TGU

Magazines, I just did it, redeemed 300 miles, posted in 48 hours and reset the clock on my brother's account.
Since you are in Canada, you can gift it to anyone, if you don't have anyone, look up a school, church, etc from google maps.