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gsttp Jun 26, 2005 11:06 am
Dubai Relocation
 
:confused:
I am currently leaving in the US, but I will be relocated in Dubai. I have lots of milage with AA, CO, UA (around 100,000 each). I don't want to loose the mileages, so I have two options:
- Travel all around using all my miles, or/and
- Transfer them to airlines based in Dubai.
I will be travelling very frequently with Emirates as soon as I am relocated.
I need your advice... @:-)
Thank you,
Alex.

MoreMilesPlease Jun 26, 2005 11:32 am
Originally Posted by gsttp
:confused:
I am currently leaving in the US, but I will be relocated in Dubai. I have lots of milage with AA, CO, UA (around 100,000 each). I don't want to loose the mileages, so I have two options:
- Travel all around using all my miles, or/and
- Transfer them to airlines based in Dubai.
I will be travelling very frequently with Emirates as soon as I am relocated.
I need your advice... @:-)
Thank you,
Alex.

You can't really "transfer" your miles into another airlines program. ATo keep your miles you just need some type of activity usually every three years. This can be redeeming a ticket, buying flowers through the website or having a hotel stay that gives miles. You may want to see who partners with whom. Just because you are relocating doesn't mean you have to start over!!!

erik123 Jun 27, 2005 9:24 am
Your CO miles can be used on EK - your AA miles on BA - UA on LH or Qatar. So why worry?

PeggyJM Jun 28, 2005 5:58 am
Relocating to Dubai
 
Originally Posted by gsttp
:confused:
I am currently leaving in the US, but I will be relocated in Dubai. I have lots of milage with AA, CO, UA (around 100,000 each). I don't want to loose the mileages, so I have two options:
- Travel all around using all my miles, or/and
- Transfer them to airlines based in Dubai.
I will be travelling very frequently with Emirates as soon as I am relocated.
I need your advice... @:-)
Thank you,
Alex.
We live in Dubai, and held onto our UA miles. They have a desk at the DNATA airline center and we've had absolutely NO problems going there and getting award tickets on other Star Alliance airlines right there on the spot! (A very different experience than we've had trying to use our KLM miles!!!) The only advantage that I can see with Emirates miles is that they can be used on hotels, etc. in the area, but the big disadvantage is that their miles expire. We've lost enough of the Emirates miles through expiration that we usually put the Emirates miles on our UA account...so much easier to use them.

John Cogley Jun 28, 2005 8:12 pm
dup post

John Cogley Jun 28, 2005 8:14 pm
gsttp

Emirates allows you tp ost with UA whose redemption rates are far superior to EK so I would put all my Emirates flights into the Mileage Plus account.

sadiqhassan Jun 28, 2005 8:40 pm
Originally Posted by gsttp
:confused:
I am currently leaving in the US, but I will be relocated in Dubai. I have lots of milage with AA, CO, UA (around 100,000 each). I don't want to loose the mileages, so I have two options:
- Travel all around using all my miles, or/and
- Transfer them to airlines based in Dubai.
I will be travelling very frequently with Emirates as soon as I am relocated.
I need your advice... @:-)
Thank you,
Alex.
im SO jealous :p, ive always wanted to live in Dubai

But i agree with every1 else. Just hold on to your miles, plenty of opportunity to use them ex Dubai

Enjoy the tax free enviornment, whereas Im stuck in YYZ paying 15% tax on everything I buy :(

erik123 Jun 29, 2005 7:06 am
I would also look into Lufthansa Miles and More as they allow family accounts - meaning you can pool your miles.


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