Point transfer (any ideas?)
Oct 13, 2004 | 5:53 pm
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Point transfer (any ideas?)
I've had a US Air Dividend Miles (Visa) credit card for several years. I'm about to let it expire because I've joined the Marriott Rewards program (Visa also).
I've got a little better than 10,000 points accrued on my Dividend Miles card.
Can these be transferred?
With only 10,000 miles, there's not enough to get a ticket anywhere and I hate to see them go to waste. Anybody got any ideas?
Yhanks,
Mike
I've got a little better than 10,000 points accrued on my Dividend Miles card.
Can these be transferred?
With only 10,000 miles, there's not enough to get a ticket anywhere and I hate to see them go to waste. Anybody got any ideas?
Yhanks,
Mike
Oct 13, 2004 | 6:33 pm
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AFAIK, it takes at least 20K to get anything.
Remember that AC & UA & the whole Star Alliance are now UA partners, so you can earn by flying any of these.
I'm in the same boat with 10K UA, which can at least get 2 island-to-island awards for Hawaii.
Remember that AC & UA & the whole Star Alliance are now UA partners, so you can earn by flying any of these.
I'm in the same boat with 10K UA, which can at least get 2 island-to-island awards for Hawaii.
Oct 14, 2004 | 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by SuenMike
I've had a US Air Dividend Miles (Visa) credit card for several years. I'm about to let it expire because I've joined the Marriott Rewards program (Visa also).
I've got a little better than 10,000 points accrued on my Dividend Miles card.
Can these be transferred?
With only 10,000 miles, there's not enough to get a ticket anywhere and I hate to see them go to waste. Anybody got any ideas?
Yhanks,
Mike
I've got a little better than 10,000 points accrued on my Dividend Miles card.
Can these be transferred?
With only 10,000 miles, there's not enough to get a ticket anywhere and I hate to see them go to waste. Anybody got any ideas?
Yhanks,
Mike
Oct 14, 2004 | 7:39 am
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Originally Posted by SuenMike
. . . and I hate to see them go to waste. Anybody got any ideas?
Yhanks,
Mike
Yhanks,
Mike
http://www.mypoints.com/
http://www.airmilesmart.com/
http://www.goldpoints.com/
http://www.clickrewards.com/
http://www.milesource.com/
http://www.milesmall.com/
http://www.skymall.com/
http://www.greenpoints.com/
FWIW, I got these links off the S.P.A.M. forum . . . there's a ton of ideas in there to maximize your points and rewards for traveling. Hope that helps!
Oct 14, 2004 | 12:31 pm
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Actually, there's a simpler way -- Randy's Mileage Converter.
http://www.webflyer.com/programs/mileage_converter/
Unfortunately, according to the tool, you need at least 160K US Dividend Miles in order to convert them to MR points, and if you had 160K miles, I don't think you'd have much of a problem finding somewhere to go with them.
Regrettably, even if you've got 160K US miles, the 'exchange friction' results in confiscatory devaluation of your miles:
US Airways Dividend Miles converts to (starting) 160,000
Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles (at a ratio of 4:1) converts to 40,000
Hilton HHonors (at a ratio of 1:2) converts to 80,000
American AAdvantage (at a ratio of 10000:1500) converts to 12,000
Diners Club Club Rewards (at a ratio of 1:1) converts to 10,000
Marriott Rewards (at a ratio of 2.5:1.5) Total: 6,000
Holy cow! No thanks!
edited to add: I recently emptied out my AA account by exchanging my last few hundred miles for magazine subscriptions. Perhaps US has a similar offer? At least you'd get something for the miles that way.
http://www.webflyer.com/programs/mileage_converter/
Unfortunately, according to the tool, you need at least 160K US Dividend Miles in order to convert them to MR points, and if you had 160K miles, I don't think you'd have much of a problem finding somewhere to go with them.
Regrettably, even if you've got 160K US miles, the 'exchange friction' results in confiscatory devaluation of your miles:
US Airways Dividend Miles converts to (starting) 160,000
Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles (at a ratio of 4:1) converts to 40,000
Hilton HHonors (at a ratio of 1:2) converts to 80,000
American AAdvantage (at a ratio of 10000:1500) converts to 12,000
Diners Club Club Rewards (at a ratio of 1:1) converts to 10,000
Marriott Rewards (at a ratio of 2.5:1.5) Total: 6,000
Holy cow! No thanks!
edited to add: I recently emptied out my AA account by exchanging my last few hundred miles for magazine subscriptions. Perhaps US has a similar offer? At least you'd get something for the miles that way.
Oct 15, 2004 | 3:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Just Passing Thru
Actually, there's a simpler way -- Randy's Mileage Converter.
http://www.webflyer.com/programs/mileage_converter/
Unfortunately, according to the tool, you need at least 160K US Dividend Miles in order to convert them to MR points, and if you had 160K miles, I don't think you'd have much of a problem finding somewhere to go with them.
http://www.webflyer.com/programs/mileage_converter/
Unfortunately, according to the tool, you need at least 160K US Dividend Miles in order to convert them to MR points, and if you had 160K miles, I don't think you'd have much of a problem finding somewhere to go with them.
Oct 15, 2004 | 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by kdog311
So what you're saying is - there's not a simpler way?
Whether or not you'd actually want to do that conversion is your lookout.