Convert miles from other partners to status miles
Dec 10, 2018, 5:31 am
#1
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Convert miles from other partners to status miles
Hey all,
some Star Alliance members (I am aware of just one) allow the conversion of "award" to status miles.
At Asiana there are only one kind of miles, however, miles accumulated at partners are not counting towards status.
Is there any way of converting them into status miles? I, for example, have a lot of miles (150k) converted from other programs, which are now not counting towards status
Thanks!
some Star Alliance members (I am aware of just one) allow the conversion of "award" to status miles.
At Asiana there are only one kind of miles, however, miles accumulated at partners are not counting towards status.
Is there any way of converting them into status miles? I, for example, have a lot of miles (150k) converted from other programs, which are now not counting towards status
Thanks!
Dec 10, 2018, 12:10 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2012
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Hey all,
some Star Alliance members (I am aware of just one) allow the conversion of "award" to status miles.
At Asiana there are only one kind of miles, however, miles accumulated at partners are not counting towards status.
Is there any way of converting them into status miles? I, for example, have a lot of miles (150k) converted from other programs, which are now not counting towards status
Thanks!
some Star Alliance members (I am aware of just one) allow the conversion of "award" to status miles.
At Asiana there are only one kind of miles, however, miles accumulated at partners are not counting towards status.
Is there any way of converting them into status miles? I, for example, have a lot of miles (150k) converted from other programs, which are now not counting towards status
Thanks!
The answer is "No".
Dec 10, 2018, 3:04 pm
#4
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Generally, all partner (both airlines and other businesses) miles accumulated do not count toward status. There are a few exceptions, I believe, such as credit card spend on certain cards. But these aren't readily available to most people.
Dec 10, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Dec 10, 2018, 6:23 pm
#7
Join Date: Jun 2012
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1) bank points / "miles" (eg: using Citi-TYP/Chase-UR/CapitalOne-Venture to buy revenue flights and redeem those points at a fixed rate)
2) some programs allow you partially pay with miles (at a very bad rate)
eg SQ mix miles with cash, can still earn miles
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/u...ay-with-miles/
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/u...question-35890
2) some programs allow you partially pay with miles (at a very bad rate)
eg SQ mix miles with cash, can still earn miles
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/u...ay-with-miles/
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/u...question-35890
Dec 11, 2018, 10:35 am
#9
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Unless the miles you refer to are some kind of points like AMEX MR or Chase UR that are more like cash if used directly to buy tickets.
As soon as they are transferred to an airline as miles, they become regular miles and are also not generating miles towards status.
Dec 12, 2018, 1:55 am
#10
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I meant calling Asiana and telling them I want to do a round trip flight Europe <-> Northern Murica for 100k miles, deducted from my miles balance on my Asiana account.
This would mean I pay for the ticket with miles and just pay the airport fees with actual money at that point in time.
Sorry, if that wasn't clear in my question :-/
This would mean I pay for the ticket with miles and just pay the airport fees with actual money at that point in time.
Sorry, if that wasn't clear in my question :-/
Dec 12, 2018, 6:12 am
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Dec 12, 2018, 7:53 am
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I thought I remember that purchases from partners count towards status, like purchases with the Asiana credit card. But apparently it's only purchases made _with_ the credit card.
Dec 12, 2018, 1:57 pm
#13
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Purchase made with the credit card count toward status only for a small portion of it. Like 10k out of 30k to keep a diamond status, or something like that.