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Dec 18, 2001 | 8:40 am

#16

kanebear

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You know, that's a great idea. Why wouldn't it count as a charitable contribution equal to the value of the magazine? I know that business related magazines automatically count as a deduction. I already deduct for several subscriptions which I will now renew through valuemags! I looked through the site and noticed that they offer a *lot* of esoteric magazines... there's a very good selection.

Dec 18, 2001 | 9:07 am

#17

swag

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Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Live4Miles:
Ignore my last post...I just called the gold point customer service desk and they assured me that it takes 2,000 points to get 500 miles.
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I converted 2000 Gold Points to 500 AA miles for the 20/20 promotion this summer. No problem, took about 3 weeks.

Dec 18, 2001 | 9:11 am

#18

ChaseTheMiles

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Empress,

Where did you find the quote on redemption rules? I can only find the 5000 points for 500 miles from the Goldpoints site. Thanks.

[This message has been edited by ChaseTheMiles (edited 12-18-2001).]

Dec 18, 2001 | 9:23 am

#19

CutStyle

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Good God people - this information has been covered so many times!

You can either:
1) Join goldpoints (AKA gold rewards) thru the www.radisson.com site and get a 4-1 redemption value. The 4-1 info is at:
http://www.radisson.com/RAD/Gold_Rew...?P0=&P1=redeem

OR

2) Join goldpoints thru some other method (like TGIFridays) and get a 10-1 ratio on fewer airlines.

So, obviously, do #1. And yes, it works!

You actually call GoldPoints.com customer service for point->mile transfers. They can tell your GoldPoints number was created thru Radisson rather than TGIFridays by the start of the number, so you *will* get the 4-1 ratio (ask if you are worried). You can also set up automatic point transfers when threshholds are reached (2K minimum points must be transferred).

Dec 18, 2001 | 10:01 am

#20

kanebear

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I just dropped $2450 on magazines for friends, family, etc. Ya know I was thinking about doing a run on AA for EXP. Being able to upgrade that will make it a LOT easier.

Dec 18, 2001 | 10:05 am

#21

fireflyreaction

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hey

let us hear how you make out!

firefly

Dec 18, 2001 | 10:11 am

#22

CFM3RD

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Thanks - I just signed up at Radison.
On to Gold points.
SO much to do-- who has time to work?

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Dec 18, 2001 | 10:21 am

#23

zipual

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Man, how can you people afford to spend upwards of $1000 on magazines? I could see if you were already planning the trip, but that is still some serious coin that has yet to show that it all works.

Before I get flamed, I know everybody is showing the links, but has anyone seen the points post to their airline accounts yet?

I could see donating the magazines to get the deduction, that would make sense.

Dec 18, 2001 | 10:28 am

#24

nako

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Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zipual:
Before I get flamed, I know everybody is showing the links, but has anyone seen the points post to their airline accounts yet?
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I've had points sent both to UA and AA, and in each instance (4 transactions total), it took less than ten days to post.

Mike

Dec 18, 2001 | 10:53 am

#25

ChaseTheMiles

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I can't afford some of the dollar amount mentioned here either. However, I can shift purchases I would have made elsewhere to worthy magazines. For an example, instead of giving a toy for Christmas to a child who has everything already, I'm giving a subscription to National Geographic World.

Dec 18, 2001 | 11:04 am

#26

fireflyreaction

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i can't afford any of this.

i HAVE to fly YYZ-SYD for school.

the way i looked at it, i prepay for 4 years worth of flights, get business class and save 90% off regular business class fare. with interest rates so low (and my bank manager giving me prime+0.5%), i can borrow money. sometimes it makes sense to borrow.

cheers

Dec 18, 2001 | 11:06 am

#27

fireflyreaction

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oh - and giving the stuff away to hospitals/charities (regardless of tax deductions which i won't get because i'm canadian) is always a good reason to spend money.

Dec 18, 2001 | 11:21 am

#28

yyz-den

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If you join Goldpoints by mistake (instead of Radisson Goldpoints), the people at Goldpoints will convert your account to a 'Radisson' account.

They did it for me back in the summer.

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