points.com - you've got to be joking
Mar 7, 2007 | 2:13 am
#16
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Its not totally useless. I flex Mexicana three times last year and put the miles into an AA account I never intended to use again. Got a couple of thousand AA which I turned into a 1000 or so Priority Club points. Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick - and at least I'll use the PC points.
Mar 7, 2007 | 5:01 am
#17
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I have very little use for them!!1 I tried three small swaps. In each case, the miles I sought to swap disappeared and I got nothing in return. Then when you try to contact them, they are impossible to get in touch with unless you pay their silly $49 fee to be a gold member. Of course, I am unwilling to pay the fee. As I look at the Gold membership it doesn't really offer anything that a savy mileage person doesn't know how to do anyway. Personally, i feel they could go out of business altogether and never be missed.
Mar 7, 2007 | 2:55 pm
#18
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I used them exactly once to swap some orphan USAir miles to AA miles... I think I took 173 USAir miles and got 7 AA miles. 
But, the AA miles appeared in my account within 48 hours, so I can't say it was bad.
Too bad I didn't swap my wifes 6000+ orphaned USAir miles before they expired... Of course, the 200 AA miles I would have gotten wouldn't have gone very far, but better than nothing. Oh well, paid the idiot tax.
But, the AA miles appeared in my account within 48 hours, so I can't say it was bad.Too bad I didn't swap my wifes 6000+ orphaned USAir miles before they expired...
Of course, the 200 AA miles I would have gotten wouldn't have gone very far, but better than nothing. Oh well, paid the idiot tax.
Mar 7, 2007 | 3:09 pm
#19
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Mar 7, 2007 | 4:06 pm
#20
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you could have converted your 7800 AA miles plus $25 in 15,600 hilton points into your account or depostied them into someone else account and gotten say 15k priority club points
Mar 7, 2007 | 4:12 pm
#21
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Not exactly. Redemptions must be made in 5,000-mile increments, which means 5,000 AA miles + $25 = 10,000 HHonors points and leaves 2,800 AA miles.
Last edited by mia; Mar 7, 2007 at 4:14 pm Reason: Style
Mar 7, 2007 | 7:21 pm
#22
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helpful thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=630185
be sure to see (and save) post #3
MM
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=630185
be sure to see (and save) post #3
MM
Mar 7, 2007 | 7:39 pm
#23
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Mar 8, 2007 | 5:05 pm
#25
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Mar 9, 2007 | 6:43 am
#26
Join Date: Feb 2007
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I keep getting the offers for upgrading to gold. After considering the $50 surcharge I scoff and delete the offer. I'm waiting to see if we will be staying at a HH on points in December and be short of points. That would be the only transfer we'd ever consider for the $25 fee (exchanging the AA miles). Every other transaction seems like a total loss of point value.
JMHO though.
JMHO though.
Mar 11, 2007 | 1:39 pm
#27
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That must explain how they have my info and I get SPAMMED from those jerks every week. I will never do business with them!
Mar 12, 2007 | 2:29 am
#28
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I signed my mother up for points.com free edition and got her 10 bonus US RDM. Why bother signing her up? Her RDMs are about to hit 18 months and her next trip is in month 20. This little freebie just enabled her to not loose 5k RDM.
Mar 12, 2007 | 2:39 am
#29
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It's aaaamazzzing how the original post has turned into the opposite!
However, that said, the OP's 15,000 Asiamiles is worth a lot more than people think!
1) He could donate his points to charity. http://www.asiamiles.com/en/redeem/m...134250,00.html
2) He could redeem for a CX Business Class lounge (10K Asiamiles) pass for someone who doesn't have access when they fly on CX.
3) He could redeem them for some non-airline award gifts. Though he has to pick them next time he goes to asia. http://www.asiamiles.com/en/redeem/g...117533,00.html
1) He could donate his points to charity. http://www.asiamiles.com/en/redeem/m...134250,00.html
2) He could redeem for a CX Business Class lounge (10K Asiamiles) pass for someone who doesn't have access when they fly on CX.
3) He could redeem them for some non-airline award gifts. Though he has to pick them next time he goes to asia. http://www.asiamiles.com/en/redeem/g...117533,00.html
Last edited by Guy Betsy; Mar 12, 2007 at 2:45 am