Combining miles
 

I have the following mileage accrued:
America West - 6,000
Continental - 22,600
US Airways - 8,500
United Airlines - 1,500

Obviously, not enough for a reward ticket
in each one... Is there anything I can do, combine the miles, etc, to best utilize my miles? Thanks...

You might want to look into points.com, but USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM, but they may offer a service that would accomplish what you want.

Welcome to FT!

25k Continental miles per year can be moved (1:1, no devaluation) to United by first transferring into Amtrak.

Of the airlines you list, only Continental participates in Hilton's reward exchange.

United miles can be moved to another program via Diners Club (generally with a 50% devaluation).

But the first question is -- what are your reward goals? That'll dictate what miles you want to accumulate.

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so does that mean that United miles can also be converted into Continental miles using Amtrak? Does this apply to any other airlines?

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Nope
I believe that Midwest Airlines miles can be converted to either Continental or United.

And Continental miles can be converted to either Midwest or United.

But United miles cannot be converted -- because Amtrak points can be redeemed for United miles, but United miles cannot be redeemed for Amtrak points.

(I have no direct experience with the conversion of Midwest Miles, so others may know more here.)

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Welcome!

let's see...

America West - 6,000
Continental - 22,600 (CO)
US Airways - 8,500
United Airlines - 1,500 (UAL)

you can bring CO up to 25k for one RT domestic award ticket thru using idine or other services or offers avail all over the place in this and the forums like it online.

you can also, as mentioned earlier, deposit these into an AMTRAK acct but at the 5000 per rate. you could then transfer these to United but call amtrak first about this and no, you cannot go the other way. Number on their site: http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/

Then you would have nearly enough on United to do some activity and bring THAT acct up to award level (25k or so)

Idine, in case you have no idea, lets you assign any credit or debit card--regardless of whether it is a miles card or not--to any airline and when you go eat at tons of places all over the US, they give you 10 miles per dollar tax and tip included. www.idine.com will tell you more. They have other offers but we like the miles one. Miles take 4-6 weeks to hit your acct but to bring one up to level it is a great thing indeed.

you can also use those UAL miles to get some magazine subscription... Check out the offers for magazines4miles on http://www.milepoint.com

some airlines have numbers you can call to do it without the web and sometimes these allow for less miles and faster service. I cant find the list but you know, Pgary's site has everything and I know it is in there probably in the shopping section.

http://home.earthlink.net/~pgary/MilesFrame.html

everything depends on how you wish to use things: one might use the UAL miles to get a magazine, and keep the CO miles and try to later have enough to get a free RT ticket. OR, one might transfer those CO miles thru AMTRAK into UAL and use THAT to get a free ticket which, by the way, can help you in yet another way:

US Air is a partner so if you fly them, that program's miles will grow for you too. Why not get into flying on United and US air and make those two grow the most?

America West... I have no idea. They use dto be CO partners but no more.

Hope some of this babble helps you choose. think long term and remember: as long as you keep them active they will never expire!
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Thanks for the post. However, I still can't find where can I deposit my CO milage into AMTrak account? Please help.
Thanks

Thanks everyone! Already transferred
CO into Amtrak. All you have to do
is call CO and request it.

Idine, in case you have no idea, lets you assign any credit or debit card--regardless of whether it is a miles card or not--to any airline and when you go eat at tons of places all over the US, they give you 10 miles per dollar tax and tip included. www.idine.com will tell you more. They have other offers but we like the miles one. Miles take 4-6 weeks to hit your acct but to bring one up to level it is a great thing indeed.

A lot of restaurants on the IDine site offer up to 20 miles per dollar now. They also post fairly quickly.