Miles/points for Haiti donations master thread
 

I searched for a thread that captures all the offers, and did not find one.
Not sure where to start it, but here goes. The following are what comes up searching flyertalk, plus one that came in my email.

AAdvantage

Starwood

Spirit Airlines

e-miles offers 100 points for donating to Feed the Children and says it goes to Haiti relief.
edited 1-18-2010 to add: Soles4Souls and World Emergency Relief just appeared on e-miles with similar offers.
http://www.e-miles.com/home.do

further edit: see post #28 on the second page of this thread for an excellent list.

I am working on a hotel list for Loyalty Traveler right now.

Here are the program links I have for donating hotel points to Red Cross.

Starwood 4,000 point blocks = $50

Marriott Rewards
American Red Cross 18,000 points = $50
33,000 points = $100
60,000 points = $250
180,000 points = $1,000

International Red Cross/Red Crescent 10,000 points = $25

Choice Privileges 1,000 point blocks = $5

Hilton HHonors 10,000 points = $25 (Jan 21 update: Hilton HHonors is matching member donations up to $250,000. https://www.hiltonhhonors.com/proces...ntlfedredcross


IHG Priority Club 10,000 point blocks
Donation Value = $40 (Jan 21 update: 10,000 points converts to $40 according to emails members received)

Wyndham Rewards 5,500 = $25; 10,500 points = $50; 20,500 points = $100.

Best Western Rewards World Vision donations: 5,000-12,500 points

Hilton Also Allows you to donate points
 

United Airlines
 

Applaud AA for offering miles for your $ donation.^

:td: on some hotel programs on charging high amount of points for small $ cash checks they would sent to Red Cross. Essentially these hotel programs make out from this tragic event (release their liabilities with much lower costs.)

500 AAdvantage Miles for Haiti Relief Donation
 

Exactly what I was thinking.. if anything, they should take a note out of AA's book. Overachieving airlines would offer both methods. (Donations for points and to donate points)

Spirit Airlines: 5,000 Free Miles for Donations to Haiti
 

Spirit Airlines: 5,000 Free Miles for Donations to Haiti Earthquake Relief

http://marketing.spiritair.com/haitirelief/

Might be only me, but I find mixing together donating Miles/Points and getting Miles/Points for a money donation pretty confusion, especially as the header suggests only the latter.

Earning Miles/Points by Donating
 

AA - Earn 250 miles for a donation of $50; 500 miles for a donation of $100.

NK (Spirit) - Earn 5000 miles for a donation of $5 or more.

Using Miles/Points to Donate
 

UA - Donate miles to the American Red Cross
SPG - Use 4000 Starpoints for every $50 donation
HHonors - Use 10,000 points for $25 donation

Marriott - Use 18,000 points for $50 donation, 33,000 points for $100 donation, 60,000 points for $250 donation, 180,000 points for $1000 donation

Choice - Use 1000 points for each $5 donation

Good point. Perhaps a moderator could rework the title when they move this to S.P.A.M., which seems to be where they are moving this sort of topic.

no confirmation from Red Cross?
 

I made a donation earlier today through the AA link to the Red Cross, and still have not received an email confirmation, which is needed to obtain the miles. On the other hand, they may be swamped with donations. Anyone getting the confirmation?

Choice program is an EXISTING option all the time. Last year I donated 4000 Choice pts that would expire worthless anyway.

SPG's 4000 pts for $50 is a reasonable valuation.

HHonor and MR are shameful on their valuation of the donation checks.

It takes quite long to get the confirmation last 2 times I donated.