Points.com
Nov 20, 2006 | 2:42 pm
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celcafe, welcome to FlyerTalk! As your question concerns use of frequent travel program points and miles, it is one for our MilesBuzz forum and I'll gladly move it there for continued discussion. Ocn Vw 1K, Co-Moderator
Nov 20, 2006 | 5:27 pm
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Not so sure it is a deal....
Originally Posted by celcafe
Has anybody used Points.com to transfer miles around?
Any thoughts on it? Is it worth it or is the loss in miles per transfer too much?
Any thoughts on it? Is it worth it or is the loss in miles per transfer too much?
Nov 20, 2006 | 9:00 pm
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I found it very useful for keeping accounts "alive" with the recent spate of shortening expiration dates. The 136 "orphaned" miles in my Midwest Express account were useful for getting 1 mile on DL (9 MW miles) and 1 mile on AA (3 MW miles), thus extending their lifetimes by 2 or 3 years.
Nov 22, 2006 | 2:58 am
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
I found it very useful for keeping accounts "alive" with the recent spate of shortening expiration dates. The 136 "orphaned" miles in my Midwest Express account were useful for getting 1 mile on DL (9 MW miles) and 1 mile on AA (3 MW miles), thus extending their lifetimes by 2 or 3 years.
I thought the Chinese made all the pies and the Americans sold them to one another for inflated prices, but FT users at least get miles for the online purchase... HEHEHE
MMPS: points.com... BEWARE the rip off. There's my 2 cents for the newbie! Welcome to FT