Continental OnePass to AA Transfer Options
Dec 15, 2011 | 8:03 am
#1
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Continental OnePass to AA Transfer Options
Hi,
I am trying to find ways to transfer my OnePass miles into AA miles. I heard there used to be a way to do this through Amtrak, but that option is no longer available.
Can someone provide some advice on how best to transfer CO OnePass miles to AAdvantage miles?
Thanks!
I am trying to find ways to transfer my OnePass miles into AA miles. I heard there used to be a way to do this through Amtrak, but that option is no longer available.
Can someone provide some advice on how best to transfer CO OnePass miles to AAdvantage miles?
Thanks!
Dec 15, 2011 | 8:22 am
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Welcome to Flyertalk.
Airlines award miles to encourage loyalty. Permitting transfers to competing airline would undermine the very reason that frequent flyer programs exist.
Until 12.31.2011 you can transfer OnePass miles to Amtrak Guest Rewards points. The transfer can only be made by telephone, and in blocks of 5,000.
The problem is that you are not eligible to transfer from Amtrak to any other program unless you meet the criteria mentioned below, and even then the amount that can be transferred is capped:
If you meet these criteria you can transfer the specified amount of points to a hotel program (Choice Privileges), and then transfer again to AA, but there will be a substantial loss in value:
5,000 OnePass
=5,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards
=15,000 Choice Priviliges
= 3,000 AAdvantage
Airlines award miles to encourage loyalty. Permitting transfers to competing airline would undermine the very reason that frequent flyer programs exist.
Until 12.31.2011 you can transfer OnePass miles to Amtrak Guest Rewards points. The transfer can only be made by telephone, and in blocks of 5,000.
The problem is that you are not eligible to transfer from Amtrak to any other program unless you meet the criteria mentioned below, and even then the amount that can be transferred is capped:
The option to redeem Amtrak Guest Rewards points for airline miles, hotel points, Audience Rewards and experiential rewards is only available to the following members with the associated annual point transfer caps:
Members with current Amtrak Guest Rewards Select or Select Plus™ status, or with an annual point transfer limit of 50,000
Cardholders of the Amtrak Guest Rewards MasterCard issued by Chase Bank with an Amtrak travel spend on the card of over $200 per calendar year, with an annual point transfer limit of 25,000 per year
Members with current Amtrak Guest Rewards Select or Select Plus™ status, or with an annual point transfer limit of 50,000
Cardholders of the Amtrak Guest Rewards MasterCard issued by Chase Bank with an Amtrak travel spend on the card of over $200 per calendar year, with an annual point transfer limit of 25,000 per year
5,000 OnePass
=5,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards
=15,000 Choice Priviliges
= 3,000 AAdvantage
Dec 15, 2011 | 10:58 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2005
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No good options.
If you sign up for points.com, you can transfer points at a rate of 45,530 Continental miles = 10,000 AA miles. You will always lose a lot of your program value in these transfers, that is how they make their profit. But it doesn't cost any cash.
If you met the criteria to view the Flyertalk Coupon Connection forum (180 posts and 180 days of membership) you could offer to trade someone a Continental award for an American Airlines award. It won't get points into your account though.
If you sign up for points.com, you can transfer points at a rate of 45,530 Continental miles = 10,000 AA miles. You will always lose a lot of your program value in these transfers, that is how they make their profit. But it doesn't cost any cash.
If you met the criteria to view the Flyertalk Coupon Connection forum (180 posts and 180 days of membership) you could offer to trade someone a Continental award for an American Airlines award. It won't get points into your account though.
Dec 15, 2011 | 1:32 pm
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Sorry this is OT, but where is the Coupon Connection located? Does it appear automatically when I reach 180 posts?
Dec 15, 2011 | 7:16 pm
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180 days/180 posts needed.
Dec 16, 2011 | 9:35 pm
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Have you considered other options to gain more AA miles? Do you have a SPG Amex? For spending $5,000, you get 30,000 SPG points, which transfer free to AA at a rate of 20,000 SPG = 25,000 AA miles. You can apply for the personal and business SPG Amex simultaneously if you can meet the minimum spend. I'm assuming you have an AA personal card, but you may be able to get the AA business card as well, even if you don't have a business, by applying as a sole proprietorship.
Mar 6, 2012 | 2:55 pm
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Continental no longer exists as of a few days ago! It's all United now.
Anyway, the best redemption option for AA is to two hotel programs (Hilton HHonors and Priority Club), through redeemaamiles.points.com.
And I hope you have at least 25k AA miles. Because:
Effective April 10, 2008, non-elite status AAdvantage members must have a minimum available mileage balance of 25,000 miles in order to complete a transaction on the redeemAAmiles Web site. There is no minimum mileage balance requirement for AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members.
To do a transfer to any other airline from AA, you'd have to transfer to one of those hotel programs, and then from that hotel program on to the airline. That would result in about a 4/5 loss (ie, you'd only get about 1/5 of the miles over at another airlne that you have at AA). So I'd say it's not worth it.Either transfer your AA miles to one of these two hotel programs (HH is probably the better value if you use it, but if you only use Priority Club then presumably transfer there) and use them for hotel stays, or at AA's site redeem miles for hotels or rental cars.