Exchanging Miles
 

Hi is it possible to exchange continental miles between people. If so what are the costs/breakevens and how is it done.

i don't think you can do it currently, but wasn't there a "promotion" in place a while back whereby you can combine with family members for a healthy fee?

Yup, $5 per 500 miles with a minimum of 2,500 miles to be transferred. Not a bad deal IMO when it brings you up to an award. Certainly better than buying the miles directly from CO.

The $5 per 500 miles - is that only for family members? Is this something I can do just by calling onepass? thanks in advance. I'm looking to transfer 100k miles I wonder if there are any break points.

I just got off the phone with one pass, and the current "promo" is to gift miles from one account to another at a rate of $32.00/1000 (robbery), however I just transfered 1000 in order to top off an account and transfer out 5K to Hilton which would have eventually been abandoned. I guess $32 for 10K Hilton pts isn't too bad.

$32/1000 -- That's the same rate as they charge now when they sell miles!

It would cost you $1,000 to transfer 100K based on that promotion. I wouldn't personally pay that, but just use the 100K for an award or two.

The promotion runs annually, but expired a few months ago. A OP agent told me the usually run the promotion between March and May of each year.

And you can transfer between anyone's account. You just need the account number and PIN code.

[This message has been edited by cab747 (edited 08-29-2003).]