How to combine points [Consolidated]
May 10, 2015, 4:11 am
#16
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How to combine points [Consolidated]
I have points with Air Canada (Aeroplan), Singapore (Krisflyer) and Emirates (Skywards). Is there any to combine them?
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May 10, 2015, 8:31 am
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The one thing to consider is: If they allow one-way award trip bookings (some airline programs do and other don't, and I'm not familiar with these three), then you can book one direction with one airline program (if you have enough miles/points there for one direction) and the other direction with another airline program. That way you don't have to combine to be able to do a round-trip award if you don't have quite enough for a round-trip award with any one of them.
But outright combining is usually not possible between airlines, and when it is possible you lose a tremendous amount of value (easily 80% or more!) in the process, so it's pretty much never worth it even when it is possible.
But outright combining is usually not possible between airlines, and when it is possible you lose a tremendous amount of value (easily 80% or more!) in the process, so it's pretty much never worth it even when it is possible.
Jul 6, 2015, 6:38 pm
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How to combine / trade miles across platforms?
Hi folks,
Great forum so far!
I have points and miles across various programs ( hh, AA, MR, chase, etc)
Is there a convenient way to consolidate or trade these Into the program that I want?
Thanks
Great forum so far!
I have points and miles across various programs ( hh, AA, MR, chase, etc)
Is there a convenient way to consolidate or trade these Into the program that I want?
Thanks
Jul 6, 2015, 7:22 pm
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Aug 2, 2015, 2:07 pm
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New to the forum with questions
Good afternoon -
I have been a lurker on they site for a bit now and finally registered. I have a question that I hope I can get some advice on.
1) I'm currently a Delta Silver member but I have about 90k miles on United (service is garbage out of Buffalo and the #1 reason I switched to Delta, along with costs of flights and schedules). Is there anyway of moving my united miles to delta without it costing me too much pain? I have thought about converting them into GCs but the rate appears to be horrible and I'd rather have the miles for vacation(s)
If I did not post this in the right thread, I apologize in advance
Thanks,
Scott
I have been a lurker on they site for a bit now and finally registered. I have a question that I hope I can get some advice on.
1) I'm currently a Delta Silver member but I have about 90k miles on United (service is garbage out of Buffalo and the #1 reason I switched to Delta, along with costs of flights and schedules). Is there anyway of moving my united miles to delta without it costing me too much pain? I have thought about converting them into GCs but the rate appears to be horrible and I'd rather have the miles for vacation(s)
If I did not post this in the right thread, I apologize in advance
Thanks,
Scott
Aug 2, 2015, 2:22 pm
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scottkoz20 Welcome to FT
No. Effectively miles cannot be moved between ffp's
www.points.com works for some but at poor conversion rate
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/index.html works for some but at poor conversion rate
www.points.com works for some but at poor conversion rate
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/index.html works for some but at poor conversion rate
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Aug 2, 2015, 3:16 pm
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Note that for international award travel (including to Mexico and the Caribbean), redeeming UA miles on AC out of ROC and YYZ is an option. UA miles can also be redeemed from YYZ (but not from ROC) to a U.S. destination on AC.
Note that for international award travel (including to Mexico and the Caribbean), redeeming UA miles on AC out of ROC and YYZ is an option. UA miles can also be redeemed from YYZ (but not from ROC) to a U.S. destination on AC.
Aug 3, 2015, 6:41 am
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Note that for international award travel (including to Mexico and the Caribbean), redeeming UA miles on AC out of ROC and YYZ is an option. UA miles can also be redeemed from YYZ (but not from ROC) to a U.S. destination on AC.
Note that for international award travel (including to Mexico and the Caribbean), redeeming UA miles on AC out of ROC and YYZ is an option. UA miles can also be redeemed from YYZ (but not from ROC) to a U.S. destination on AC.
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Oct 29, 2015, 10:48 pm
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You can't combine the miles, but you might be able to use them for a single trip.
DL miles can be used for one way award tickets. If AS miles can also be used for one way award tickets, you could form a round trip by using DL miles in one direction and AS (or other) miles for the other direction. Just be sure that the flights you want in each are available for reasonable numbers of miles in the respective programs. Be aware that if you cancel the trip, you'll need to pay the cancel/redeposit fees to both programs, currently $150 for DL if you're not a DL elite.
DL miles can be used for one way award tickets. If AS miles can also be used for one way award tickets, you could form a round trip by using DL miles in one direction and AS (or other) miles for the other direction. Just be sure that the flights you want in each are available for reasonable numbers of miles in the respective programs. Be aware that if you cancel the trip, you'll need to pay the cancel/redeposit fees to both programs, currently $150 for DL if you're not a DL elite.
