Which program offer "The Economist"?
 

Which points program allows redemption for this mag? Just realized Delta stopped.

Delta is the only one I ever saw; hunted high and low but had to pay cash to renew....:(

Miles and More does in Europe: https://www.lufthansa.com/online/myp...d=1980610&l=en

ETA: realised you wrote redemption, not earning, so in fact LH is no use. Sorry!

NWA has started offering it again.

And so has DL

This would be best pursued in our MilesBuzz forum and I'll move it there for further help. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

I see it on the CO Magazines list today. And I need to renew! Great way to use orphan miles (small balances in various programs).

Charles

I was looking for something to do with a few onepass miles, but unfortunately it is only available in the US, not Canada.

USAir just started offering The Economist as well: Link.

I always use up those orphaned miles on mags, but the choices are a little limited

Midwest Airlines has it as well, albeit at a higher mileage redemption (3900 miles).

Is it American, Now?
 

I thought perhaps American Airlines was distributing this...

Redemption offers that I know of:

Redeemed Miles for Economist

Or, just visit the master thread (don't be confused by the thread title :p)

25 issues of The Economist for 2,000 DL miles: is it a deal? (Offers were as current as in September 2007)

I got a snail mail from United for magazine redemption. One of the option listed is "The Economist" for 3200 (or 3300) miles, 51 issues.
Unfortunately, I didn't see any mention of a website.

How were you supposed to proceed if you did want to order? Were there many appealing choices besides "The Economist," or mostly drek?

IIRC, when I looked sometime back at subscriptions available through UA on the .bomb, I saw only my local paper and the WSJ. The 13-week WSJ offer was a good one, so I gave up 1200 UA for it, and it has proved still a better one since the paper is still coming daily more than 13 weeks later. (What is the longest anyone has continued to receive the WSJ after their subscription should have expired?)

By snail mail, via the form it's supplied.

List of the magazine that interests me, (name, # of issues, # of miles):

• Barrons , 26 , 1700
• BusinessWeek ,51, 1600
• Financial Times , 306, 2000
• Forbes 26, 1200
• Fortune and Golf Magazine, 25 and 12 issues, 1,800
• Fortune, 25, 1400
• The Economist, 51, 3200
• The Wall Street Journal, 230, 3300

There are about 57 magazines in the list. You can also order via their toll free number, 1-800-961-8723. When calling, be sure to get into a quiet zone, otherwise their automated voice recognition won't work.

A good way to use "orphan" miles.

thanks very much ^

Add the Scientific American to the list on NWA site

--G

And possibly not even in the US. I placed my order weeks ago and just got a postcard saying it could not be completed. I'll post the results when I have time to call in and ask why.

It definitely seems to come and go. I noticed The Economist on the list of magazines available for OnePass miles several months ago. I did whatever I needed to do at the website and then didn't hear anything for like 6 weeks - I figured everything was all messed up. But in the middle of September, they took the 3200 miles from my account. And the mailing label is now showing that the subscription had been extended a year. So it worked for me with OnePass miles as recently as late summer.

Apparently the error with my order was a clerical one, so The Economist is still available with CO miles. I just started receiving them last week.

I also just got a card saying that they couldn't process The Economist for CO miles (also Forbes).

Who did you call ?

magazines for miles other than The Economist?
 

That link doesn't work for me. Is there any place else to look for what magazines/papers can be had for US miles? For UA miles? DL? CO? And others?

My subscription to Forbes is expiring, but I don't remember how I went about it the last time. Am going to renew WSJ through UA. What about other possible options, and are they reliable?

I just added two years to my Economist subscription (now paid through Sept 2011) using my wife's orphaned Northwest miles. That option is probably still available.

AGS

Yes, but I'm still trying to find out how/where with different air miles. (I haven't flown NW in donkey years and doubt there are any miles in an account with them, though maybe I should inquire.)

As I've said, I have gotten and will again the WSJ using UA miles going through the UA website. I don't remember how/where I started my expiring subscription to Forbes, but vaguely recall that I picked Forbes from a list of magazine options, only a few of any interest. I think that there are more opportunities to burn air miles for subscriptions, and sometimes get a very good cpm for disposing of them that way. (The WSJ at 1200 UA for 13 weeks is a great deal, at least until the WSJ is free online to all. Even then, I would still prefer to hold the paper in my hands as I read it.)

So, can others here point me to where to look for magazines for miles deals. Websites? (Maybe I'll try Googling to see what that brings up. I was hoping, though, that others would have knowledge based on their personal experiences. I'd rather not have the aggravation of using the miles and never seeing the subscriptions.)

US Miles
 

I just did it with US miles. I wish I had know about all the choices a few months ago...I just renewed a bunch of the magazines that they offer! Good to remember for next year...
-OxyChaz

Yes, and where did you go to subscribe with those US miles. (I think I may have gotten Forbes with US miles. Did you do it through Magazines for Miles, US itself, or elsewhere?)

Delta has The Economist and other magazines available as well.

http://www.delta.com/skymiles/use_mi...ners/index.jsp

US Miles to subscribe to Economist. Entire process went off without a hitch. Good to know my small stash of miles will come in handy. ^

You can almost always get at least a 6-week free subscription via slickdeals.net

If you do not mind missing an issue from time to time you can order these every six weeks...

Has it been everyone's experience that redeeming miles for a mag you are already subscribed to(like say, The Economist) will extend the subscription?

I have renewed my existing Economist subscription three separate times using miles with no difficulty. The last two were even using someone else's frequent flyer miles, as you have to option, at least with Northwest, to use miles for a gift subscription. In each case, after a few weeks, the expiration date on the address label incremented by a year.

AGS

I have also done this a couple of times. From my experience, as long as the name and address match a current subscription, it will renew automatically.

I used some AA miles just last month for The Economist. It was a mailing that provided a link. I am sorry I didn't keep the letter. I just checked "Magazines for Miles" on AAdvantage but didn't see it. Maybe if you poke around the net you can find it.

https://americanairlines.mpmvp.com/magazine/choose.asp

American is offering The Economist; note that it's alphabetized incorrectly, under T for 'The' instead of E for 'Economist.' Easy to miss! I'm going to use my husband's orphan miles for it -- a renewal, so after reading this thread I'm hopeful that the renewal will go smoothly.

Navigating through the Website, the path is

AAdvantage/Partners & Mileage Programs/Additional Partners/Magazines for Miles.

Do you know if any of these will allow you to have it mailed to an address outside the U.S.? (In this case, the UK...)

There is the possibility of getting the articles and audio edition online -- they haven't generally seemed willing to shift the subscription from the US to say Asia or South America or presumably Europe too, but no harm in calling up and trying your luck.