points.com - you've got to be joking
Mar 5, 2007 | 10:06 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 116
points.com - you've got to be joking
Looking at points.com to swap Asia Miles (CX) to AAdvantage (AA) miles and it gives me the ratio...
15000 Asia Miles converts to 66 (!!!!) AA miles.
like that's insane. How does points.com get any business?
15000 Asia Miles converts to 66 (!!!!) AA miles.
like that's insane. How does points.com get any business?
Mar 6, 2007 | 6:50 am
#4
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: AUS - Formerly MSP, IAD/DCA, SYD, CBR, BNE, JNB
Programs: QF & NW Clubs. Will never buy another ticket on UA or US.
Posts: 1,100
Unfortunately it's the only transfer option available. Of course you could just shop online and very easily get those 66 AA miles (or even just do an opinionplace survey)....
Mar 6, 2007 | 9:19 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: IND
Programs: UA Million Miler (Lifetime Gold), Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,533
Yes, the conversion rates are abominable. But if you have orphan miles in accounts you're not going to use before they expire or need to create activity to keep an account alive, it's an option.
Mar 6, 2007 | 9:24 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Arizona USA
Programs: NetJets Marquis, Southwest Moo, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,652
Occasionally they sell deals where the cost isn't bad for the end user; e.g., HP's Flight Fund to US' Dividend Miles right after the merger announcement. There was no cost to move from one to another.
But most of the time it is a rip off. I did the above and they ended up billing me $50 this January as part of an "annual membership fee" that they never alerted me to. So I disputed it with Visa.
Watch these guys, they are not to be trusted!
But most of the time it is a rip off. I did the above and they ended up billing me $50 this January as part of an "annual membership fee" that they never alerted me to. So I disputed it with Visa.
Watch these guys, they are not to be trusted!
Mar 6, 2007 | 9:32 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Cleveland
Programs: AF/KLM Plat For Life/UA Million Miler-PremEx For Life/SPG Gold
Posts: 5,056
Mar 6, 2007 | 9:43 am
#8
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Plat, AA Gold LT, WS Plat, AC 50k
Posts: 1,999
Not sure the OP was looking for something to do with his 15,000 AA points, its just that he can not believe that Points.Com is in business.
I tend to agree with him. Sure I let 5000 HP miles expire and would have been happier if I could have gotten even 10 miles in another usable program last year, but when I looked at paying an annual membership just to make that transfer it did not seem to be too worth it.
I too would also like to know how Points.Com stays in business, and how you could use Points.com to make a trade that was worth it.
I tend to agree with him. Sure I let 5000 HP miles expire and would have been happier if I could have gotten even 10 miles in another usable program last year, but when I looked at paying an annual membership just to make that transfer it did not seem to be too worth it.
I too would also like to know how Points.Com stays in business, and how you could use Points.com to make a trade that was worth it.
Mar 6, 2007 | 10:55 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 5
I am so glad I read this. I have been looking at Points.com and thought it was a rip off. I also thought that maybe it was the only way out there to consolidate miles/points. I was even contemplating joing for $5 month so I could actually talk to someone in customer service. My account is all confused and the only way to contact someone (without gold status) is through an email system and they take two weeks to contact you. What a joke. I am so NOT going to join their group. Thanks you guys!^
Mar 6, 2007 | 1:05 pm
#12
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: IND
Programs: UA Million Miler (Lifetime Gold), Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,533
I didn't have to pay a fee to transfer my orphan, soon-to-expire US points.
I wouldn't bother with the gold account.
Mar 6, 2007 | 11:08 pm
#14
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 863
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Wow. 7800 AA miles are worth over $150 on the "mileage market".
Why not just add 20K from a credit card and get a free ticket?
Originally Posted by kykate
I swapped about 7800 AA Miles for a $30 Amazon.com cert. Worthwhile for me, as I no longer fly AA.
Kate
Kate
Why not just add 20K from a credit card and get a free ticket?