ipod for miles?
Jul 9, 2007 | 11:48 pm
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ipod for miles?
My travel has ground down to a halt (A total of 2 flights in the last two years) Now I'm left with about 60k AA miles, 20k NW, 20k Delta, about 100k each of hilton and Marriott, 20k United, and a smattering of a few others here and there. United will probably survive due to Safeway, but the others are in danger of expiring due to these new policies... However, I don't see much traveling in our horizon for the next few year... And, I just smashed my MP3 player, so I'm looking to get a new IPod or other player... So the question - is there anyway to get an Ipod with the assortment of miles? Any other useful things that can be obtained with smatterings of miles? (Hmm... I already have 2 years of the Economist from Delta, maybe and could just keep extended the sub there...)
Jul 10, 2007 | 7:44 am
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My travel has ground down to a halt (A total of 2 flights in the last two years) Now I'm left with about 60k AA miles, 20k NW, 20k Delta, about 100k each of hilton and Marriott, 20k United, and a smattering of a few others here and there. United will probably survive due to Safeway, but the others are in danger of expiring due to these new policies... However, I don't see much traveling in our horizon for the next few year... And, I just smashed my MP3 player, so I'm looking to get a new IPod or other player... So the question - is there anyway to get an Ipod with the assortment of miles? Any other useful things that can be obtained with smatterings of miles? (Hmm... I already have 2 years of the Economist from Delta, maybe and could just keep extended the sub there...)
Jul 10, 2007 | 9:02 am
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My travel has ground down to a halt (A total of 2 flights in the last two years) Now I'm left with about 60k AA miles, 20k NW, 20k Delta, about 100k each of hilton and Marriott, 20k United, and a smattering of a few others here and there. United will probably survive due to Safeway, but the others are in danger of expiring due to these new policies... However, I don't see much traveling in our horizon for the next few year... And, I just smashed my MP3 player, so I'm looking to get a new IPod or other player... So the question - is there anyway to get an Ipod with the assortment of miles? Any other useful things that can be obtained with smatterings of miles? (Hmm... I already have 2 years of the Economist from Delta, maybe and could just keep extended the sub there...)
check the marriott.com web site as there are a number of products that you could trade your points for - although i'd say they are overpriced
Jul 10, 2007 | 9:41 am
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I picked up a 30GB ipod + Bose headphones through Marriott.com a while back, for 85,000 points. Probably wasn't the best value for my points, but given that I don't see using the points for lodging anytime soon, it was a good deal for me. YMMV.
Jul 10, 2007 | 10:38 am
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Though there were a couple of mp3 players in my range. The sony one llooked interesting.
Jul 10, 2007 | 4:30 pm
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why must they expire, given the various shopping, iDine and the like that require an investment of a dollar or 2?
that said, i'd think AMEX MR offers iPods, so perhaps you can find someone on CC to help you out.
good luck
that said, i'd think AMEX MR offers iPods, so perhaps you can find someone on CC to help you out.
good luck
Jul 10, 2007 | 7:13 pm
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Good luck!