Earn miles when ordering the Economist
May 8, 2014 | 9:24 am
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Earn miles when ordering the Economist
Not as good as the prior promotion but still good value.
https://subscriptions.economist.com/.../dbl/index.php
Miles &More offer has expired now:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...scription.html
As discussed if you are a non-US resident - just sign up with a US address and change it later.
Miles/Avios should credit within 8 weeks.
https://subscriptions.economist.com/.../dbl/index.php
Miles &More offer has expired now:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...scription.html
As discussed if you are a non-US resident - just sign up with a US address and change it later.
Miles/Avios should credit within 8 weeks.
Last edited by MightyTravels; May 9, 2014 at 10:29 am
May 8, 2014 | 2:18 pm
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2 cents per avios (avio?) is good for me. I'm mostly looking at 9000 avios RT shorthauls on US. Booking a month or so out, they tend to go for north of $350 out of PWM. That's essentially buying the flight for half off if I can live with the award inventory, which I usually can.
May 9, 2014 | 7:31 am
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May 11, 2014 | 8:46 am
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May 11, 2014 | 11:08 am
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If by "this site" you mean FT, I respectfully disagree with you. A major function of FT is to educate us to spend our money wisely (i.e., get the maximum value for our money, usually in terms of miles and points).
I can recall very few posts here which advocate just spending money which we would otherwise not spend simpky to grab some points/miles.
If you were referring to some other site, well, that's the point of just about any site - get you to part with your hard-earned dollars/pounds/euros/etc. which you might otherwise not do.
I can recall very few posts here which advocate just spending money which we would otherwise not spend simpky to grab some points/miles.
If you were referring to some other site, well, that's the point of just about any site - get you to part with your hard-earned dollars/pounds/euros/etc. which you might otherwise not do.
May 14, 2014 | 12:55 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta Metro
Programs: Skymiles Gold, Aeroplan, AAdvantage, Hhonors Gold, IH Platinum, Bonvoy Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,696
If by "this site" you mean FT, I respectfully disagree with you. A major function of FT is to educate us to spend our money wisely (i.e., get the maximum value for our money, usually in terms of miles and points).
I can recall very few posts here which advocate just spending money which we would otherwise not spend simpky to grab some points/miles.
If you were referring to some other site, well, that's the point of just about any site - get you to part with your hard-earned dollars/pounds/euros/etc. which you might otherwise not do.
I can recall very few posts here which advocate just spending money which we would otherwise not spend simpky to grab some points/miles.
If you were referring to some other site, well, that's the point of just about any site - get you to part with your hard-earned dollars/pounds/euros/etc. which you might otherwise not do.
LOL!Have you never heard of a mileage run? People on Flyertalk frequently make completely unnecessary trips just to maintain status.
May 16, 2014 | 3:16 pm
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 46,411
This is a good deal. While the Economist is clearly not as good now as it was 15 years ago, I think that $1/issue is a fair valuation. This knocks the effective rate down to 1.35 cpm. And, as others have noted, BA points are extremely useful for short haul trips, plus slightly longer flights. E.g. HKG-SHA for $200, all in (on an airline that isn't Spring or China Eastern).
May 16, 2014 | 8:15 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: san antonio, texas
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Posts: 1,586
This is a good deal. While the Economist is clearly not as good now as it was 15 years ago, I think that $1/issue is a fair valuation. This knocks the effective rate down to 1.35 cpm. And, as others have noted, BA points are extremely useful for short haul trips, plus slightly longer flights. E.g. HKG-SHA for $200, all in (on an airline that isn't Spring or China Eastern).
