RocketMiles Bonus Scam
Oct 18, 2016 | 1:09 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Gdansk Poland
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RocketMiles Bonus Scam
Just a heads up. Rocketmiles, (a site that gives miles good on various programs if you go through their site) routinely offers bonus points. 3,000 first booking etc. They play a bit of bait and switch. If you go through their link for the bonus offer, they often just allow only more expensive hotel choices, then when you go with out using their link. So its just a warning.
Oct 18, 2016 | 4:41 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2003
Programs: AA Plat Pro, United Silver, Marriott LTT, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton lowly Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,152
Just a heads up. Rocketmiles, (a site that gives miles good on various programs if you go through their site) routinely offers bonus points. 3,000 first booking etc. They play a bit of bait and switch. If you go through their link for the bonus offer, they often just allow only more expensive hotel choices, then when you go with out using their link. So its just a warning.
Here's an example: for a Hampton Inn, Rocketmiles wants $109 + $24 in "taxes and fees" = $133, AND it's nonrefundable.
You can book the same Hampton Inn directly through Hilton's website for $106 + $13 in taxes = $119, and it's cancelable until the day before arrival.
Some might still consider $14 in fees worth it for 1000 bonus miles. But always do your comparison shopping.
Last edited by ehallison; Oct 18, 2016 at 4:49 pm
Oct 18, 2016 | 5:07 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
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Have never booked through Rocketmiles because of the inflated room rates they quote to pass through the cost of the "bonus miles." It's no bargain IME.
Oct 18, 2016 | 7:14 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada 25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,604
I'd consider booking a 1-night stay for the 3000 mile first booking bonus (if the rate wasn't too much higher than elsewhere). However, I can't imagine using it after that since the regular 1000 miles they typically offer isn't that much more than I could get through a hotel's loyalty program which, as noted above, is cheaper and less restrictive.
