Rut Dog

To be clear, I have no reason to doubt the posters, either. And I suspect the information provided herein is true.

What I don't like is that HHonors is not communicating with us (again). Also, we know that rumors and misinformation can be passed on as fact, often from within the HHonors organization. thissucks' recent phone call bears that out, when he was told you didn't have to transfer in 5,000 mile increments.

I would simply ask that anybody providing info or confirmation of info to please cite your source(s), as most of you have. And I'll be grateful when it is officially announced, somewhere, anywhere.

Regarding Double Dipping, there is plenty of precedence for other airline partners participating in Double Dipping (over 40 airlines) and not Reward Exchange (only 12 programs, including Delta). So it is easy to imagine this would be the case for Delta.

Delta used to participate Airline Rewards but pulled back from that a while ago without dumping Double Dipping, and is only now (presumably) dumping Reward Exchange, but not necessarily DD.

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dream7

Can family member's DL miles be transferred into my Hilton HHonors account?

Eugene

No, unless you have a Mutual Fund HH account with that family member. At least officially, that family member must be legally married to you, although several FT'ers reported that no proof of marriage was required from them.

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palex

Amtrak is still a good choice for double dipping along with the free MBNA Master Card

Eugene

With 25,000 yearly cap on transfers from Amtrak, I have to disagree with that suggestion, sorry.

palex

At least it's good for the first 50 Hilton stays. Assuming you will use it solely to accumulate miles for double dipping. Points from Amtrak post usually within 1-2 days.

Eugene

That's assuming no charges on your MBNA Amtrak card, right?

But seriously, if you use the card (and I most certainly do, especially outside of the US, because of MBNA's policy on transactions in foreign currencies), you reach annual cap pretty fast even without HH double dips going to Amtrak.

dkc71

I have about 125K delta skymiles and am wondering what the advantage would be to conver them to HH miles..My main priority would be air travel to europe. delta would require 50k miles to go to europe and it looks like HH would require 150k/2=75k. Can anyone shed some light?
thanks!

Eugene

dkc71 -- Welcome to Flyertalk!

For you, converting DL miles into HH points would most likely make very little sense.

At the same time, different people have different priorities. Some people have an excess amount of airline miles but limited amount of hotel points.

Also, for those having Mutual Fund HH account, this is the opportunity to convert miles from several accounts into a single HH account.

For example, you have 15,000 DL miles, 10,000 UA miles and 10,000 CO miles and your spouse has 10,000 DL miles, 15,000 AA miles and 15,000 MX kms. Sitting in their respective accounts, they don't do you much good. Combined together, they can be exchanged for 150,000 HH points, giving you either one free ticket to Europe, or (until June 1, 2003), 6 free nights at a Premium Hilton property like Hilton Paris, France, or Langham Hilton, London.

nsx

Although I haven't yet had any redemption plans dashed, I am starting to feel like Indiana Jones with that giant stone rolling toward me as I run to stay ahead of it...

sergio

[QUOTE]Originally posted by palex:
[b]I was on a phone with the Delta agent, requesting to transfer my DL miles to HH and she mentioned that the last day for such transfers is 2/28/03. Called back to Hhonors CS and they confirmed these news. Very bad news. My next step - I will discontinue the use of AMEX Delta.


Delta is a 2 step transfer. You must request the certificate, and it takes a long time to get it, and then mail it to the HH center. What actually must take place before 2/28/03?

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Eugene

I would not consider 3 to 7 days (based on my experience, as well as many other posts on FT) a long time. In fact, DL --> HH transfers are the fastest out of all participating airlines, even with the two-step process.

welookgood.com

1. What is MBNA's policy on transactions in foreign currencies

2. What is # to call delta to get miles out

Eugene

No bank-imposed surcharge for transactions in foreign currencies beyond the 1% imposed by VISA and MasterCard. Many other banks tack on extra fees of 1 or even 2 more % on top of that.

1-800-323-2323, or, if you are an elite member with DL, the special services number on your card.

Rut Dog

As someone who regularly sweeps all FF accounts into HH every 5K miles, I second that motion. Too bad this thread makes it irrelevant.

(Why do I do this? Because my home airport is not dominated by any carrier. So it would be inconvenient, expensive, and time consuming to build up enough miles in any FF account for a flight. Even with award inflation, this feature, combined with mutual fund and the extensive number of HH properties, keeps me coming back for more.


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