Vacation Miles?
 

Does anyone have any experiences, good or bad, with Vacation Miles?

My mypoints balance is getting high enough that i am going to start cashing in, and i want to make sure there aren't a lot of restrictions/delays/hassle converting from Vacation Miles to "regular" miles.

Also, has anyone booked a ticket using only Vacation Miles? how'd that go?

Charles

I'm almost ready to cash in too. I'd also love to hear any tips that anyone might have.

Charles and Miles Nut,

the hassle and delays w/VacationMiles start even before the conversion stage. When I cashed in my first 5000 Mypoints, a window popped up stating that I should receive the VacationMiles certificate within 1 to 2 weeks.

Ha! that was the end of October, and yesterday, after a couple of inquiries about the whereabouts of my certs, I got Mypoints' replay: it takes 4 to 6 weeks for the certs to be mailed (I don't know if it's 4 to 6 weeks in addition to the time I've already waited...). Other people on this board have complained of having to call several times and wait two months before receiving the certs. Also, from other people's reports, once you have the certificates, it may take 2-3 weeks for VacationMiles to be posted to your AAdvantage account.

Good luck to all of us, I guess...

Great....
This is about what i expected. I have also signed up for nextcard, which gives Vacation Miles as well...

Oh well, guess I'm not in a hurry.

Charles

Dupe. Ignore.

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[This message has been edited by essxjay (edited 12-01-1999).]

I had no delay receiving my certificate for 1,500 Mypoints. It arrived about 12 days after requesting it. Just mailed it today to be deposited into my AA account. You can also fax it in. Will keep you posted on when its credited.

I've had mixed results.

My husband and son received their certificates within two weeks of requesting them. I faxed in their certificate # and FF #s and miles were posted within another two weeks.

I've requested two certificates. One arrived within about five days and the other I'm still waiting for - more than four weeks later.

I have been waiting more that 9 weeks just to recieve my 5000 mile cert. I have emailed MyPoints several times, and they are not very helpful.

I have never had any trouble getting the restaraunt gift certificates, however, so I may just use MyPoints for those.

Based on previous comments made on this board, I decided to continue my habit of cashing in MyPoints for Hilton HHonor points instead of Vacation Miles even thought they are a slightly better exchange rate at the higher point levels.

The Hilton points always end up being transferred from MyPoints within a day or two. No hassle, nothing to resubmit, no certificates waiting to arrive in the US mail, etc.

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Mileageaddict, what is the exchange rate for Hilton points into Aadvantage miles. I always thought it was not one for one. Am I wrong?

Travlemore

Anyone have any thoughts/experience cashing in mypoints (about 5k pts) for the $25. Hyatt certs?

The first 5,000 Vacation Miles I claimed (on 9/30) arrived in todays mail....not as fast as claiming Hilton Honors points but a better value for the Mypoints dollar.

travelmore,

I keep them as Hilton points as it isnt worth it to convert them to miles.

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The first time cashing in MyPoints for VacationMiles (the cert for AA miles), it took two weeks to receive the cert in the mail.

The second time I cashed in MyPoints for VacationMiles (for the AA miles) on 11/11 and just today 12/4 I received the cert in the mail. I plan on calling the redemption in on the phone, I didn't have to fax or mail the form to them the last time.

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[This message has been edited by PG (edited 12-05-1999).]