Used Miles Converter, Now what?
Feb 7, 2006 | 7:00 am
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Used Miles Converter, Now what?
Used Miles Converted, Now What?
I have around 8,000 miles/points in United, Marriott, and other various places. I saw where most you have the ability to eshop and earn for that particular program (most converts from each program need 10,000 as a minimum) to gain enough miles/points to do the swap according to the mileage converter page. If tells you how each thing is converted into other programs to eventually get to where you want them to go, but where is there a place to do that? I've heard of points.com but I'm not to familiar with them and it cost $ to join. Was wondering if this is the site that allows me to move the miles/points and was actually worth the money or if there were other websites out there?
I have around 8,000 miles/points in United, Marriott, and other various places. I saw where most you have the ability to eshop and earn for that particular program (most converts from each program need 10,000 as a minimum) to gain enough miles/points to do the swap according to the mileage converter page. If tells you how each thing is converted into other programs to eventually get to where you want them to go, but where is there a place to do that? I've heard of points.com but I'm not to familiar with them and it cost $ to join. Was wondering if this is the site that allows me to move the miles/points and was actually worth the money or if there were other websites out there?
Feb 7, 2006 | 9:22 am
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,312
If I'm understanding your question correctly, I believe this Q&A from the Mileage Converter FAQ on http://www.webflyer.com might help out:
I found a conversion path I want to take advantage of, but how do I actually transfer the miles/points?
The first step to any conversion process is to contact the program from which you want to transfer miles/points. For example, if you wanted to transfer points from the Hilton HHonors program into an American AAdvantage account, you should call Hilton HHonors to initiate the transfer process. If, once the points have been transferred into AAdvantage miles, you then want to convert them into Priority Club Rewards points, you would contact the American AAdvantage program. If you are following a multi-step conversion path (e.g., Hilton HHonors -> American AAdvantage -> InterContinental Priority Club Rewards), you should treat each step as a unique conversion. In other words, when you contact the first program in the path (from which you are transferring out of), you need only inform them of the first step of the conversion path. Following the conversion path mentioned above, for example, you would start by contacting Hilton HHonors and informing them you would like to transfer points into your American AAdvantage account. Then, once that step is completed, you would contact American AAdvantage and inform them you would like miles transferred into your InterContinental Priority Club Rewards account. If you were to inform Hilton HHonors you wanted to transfer points into InterContinental Priority Club Rewards, you would most likely be told this is not possible.
I found a conversion path I want to take advantage of, but how do I actually transfer the miles/points?
The first step to any conversion process is to contact the program from which you want to transfer miles/points. For example, if you wanted to transfer points from the Hilton HHonors program into an American AAdvantage account, you should call Hilton HHonors to initiate the transfer process. If, once the points have been transferred into AAdvantage miles, you then want to convert them into Priority Club Rewards points, you would contact the American AAdvantage program. If you are following a multi-step conversion path (e.g., Hilton HHonors -> American AAdvantage -> InterContinental Priority Club Rewards), you should treat each step as a unique conversion. In other words, when you contact the first program in the path (from which you are transferring out of), you need only inform them of the first step of the conversion path. Following the conversion path mentioned above, for example, you would start by contacting Hilton HHonors and informing them you would like to transfer points into your American AAdvantage account. Then, once that step is completed, you would contact American AAdvantage and inform them you would like miles transferred into your InterContinental Priority Club Rewards account. If you were to inform Hilton HHonors you wanted to transfer points into InterContinental Priority Club Rewards, you would most likely be told this is not possible.