Exchange points & miles free (once).
 

I clicked a link at AirCanada.ca and it took me to http://www.points.com site. Since it enables numerous point exchanges I'm wondering why I haven't seen it here before. Is anyone using it? If you transfer points to AA do they count towards lifetime 1k?

[This message has been edited by emaij (edited 09-14-2002).]

AVOID POINTS.COM AT ALL COSTS. I have had problems with them in the past where transferred miles where unavailable for use.

Actually now that I think about it, I once purchased AA miles and the AA site sent me to points.com for the transaction. Points.com put it through as a cash advance instead of a normal charge. My credit card then charged me $30.

My calls and emails to points.com were met with promises but no action. It was only when i wrote to AA that points.com did something about it.

I would never use them again for that but I was thinking of doing the one free transfer if anyone here ever had good experience with them.

I used the free transfer, as did many folks on FT I think, with good result for the AA 20/20 promotion.

The reason they are not talked about much is their transfer rates are horrendous, not worth using.

Why does pointsexchange even bother to exist with such horrendous rates? How many people are desperate &or stupid enough to transform 10,000 miles of one airline into <1000 on another? And now the cash transaction or membership fee?!!:O

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