Need just 20 miles
 

Hi Everyone

First thread and trying not to be too self serving.

I am short by 20 miles for an upgrade - is there anyway to get from any source just 20 points to complete rather than $50USD for min 2000 point buy?

I am only blue currently with EK as had quite a few good Air NZ deals but now EK deals have come back online and I have a RTW trip in F in September but this short trip in August is when I need the 20 points.

Any assistance would be appreciated - skywards are pushing "buy the 2000 miles" deal to confirm your upgrade now and I even rang twice to see if it was just the first person I spoke too rules or was it policy and on both occassions skywards wanted me to buy the miles.

Rent a car for a day!
 

Car Rental



Avis 500 Skywards Miles for eligible rental

Budget Rent a Car 500 Skywards Miles per eligible rental

Dollar Rent A Car 500 Miles per eligible rental of 29 days or less. 1,000 Miles per eligible rental of 30 days or more

Hertz 1,000 Skywards Miles per eligible Hertz Prestige Collection rental. 500 Skywards Miles per eligible Hertz Collection rental.

Sixt 500 Skywards Miles per eligible rental

Thrifty Car Rental Up to 1000 Miles per eligible rental

I have done this numerous times. Just call up Skywards, and tell them you are short. They WILL upgrade you, and you will have a negative balance until you take that flight. Obviously, you cannot be short by more than the number of miles you will earn for the flight. But you have to upgrade 6 hours or more before the flight.

Call up Skywards Dubai if it helps.

Skywards unhelpful
 

Hi toronotoflyer

Called skywards in dubai - they said no! we do not allow skywards account to go into debit :(

Maybe in your case because you are a gold ?

Of course they did say give us $50USD and we will credit 2000 miles for ya

If you think you can do it, PM and I will give you my account details then LOL

give me your skywards number, with your date of birth and mother's maiden name. i will make sure your account goes into debit level. :D

I think its a gold thing then....

haha, dearbee, im sure we can all think of 'fun' ways to bring the account in to debit. i would love to see someone try this (well, without selling it to someone else) and be approached on the plane by ek audit. apparently ek audit is really slacker-ish when it comes to skywards miles/account audits!!! :-)

good luck, nzatk. hope sunil/someone else helped you sort this out. this is what FT is all about... people stepping up to the plate to help!!! :-)

-t.