bassmanben

My understanding of the terms and conditions is the max points that you can earn is 50,000 points....

However, the max amount of points that you can earn from partner activity is 25,000 points (hotels - 25 qualifying events at 1,000 pts each = 25,000).

The other 25,000 points that would bring you to the 50K max is for applying and being approved for a new Worldperks credit card, and using that card.

So BigLar, the max bonus you can receive from NWA is 25,000 pts, but the amount of bonus points you can receive from Choice is unlimited.

BigLar

Well, if that's what it is, then that's what it is (I got about 40K last year, but oh well).

Anyhow -- I started out with about 176K, so if I max this one out I should have just about 200K. This is enough for two WBC tix US->Europe r/t, right?

Because of the difficulty in getting standard award tix, I figure any miles I get above 200K will be pretty much wasted, unless I go for 400K, so I'll watch the account closely and just shut it down when I get to 200K.

Or does anyone disagree with me?

Stefan Daystrom

This promo gives you bons miles, not bonus points.

That is actually important, because NW does have other promo that do earn you points, and the points have a completely different value than miles!

Furthermore, in the context of a hotel, "points" means the hotel points (if you earn them instead of -- or in the case of Hilton HHonors, in addition to --miles), and miles means what's transferred to the airline.

Meanwhile, the amount of bonus miles you can receive from Choice is not really "unlimited", because you can only have one bonus a night at best, and there are only so many nights during the current promo. (The next promo is likely not to work directly with miles at all; Choice alltenates between "triple points or triple miles" promos like right now, and "stay 2 nights earn 8000 total points" promos.) However, it is not explicitly "capped" like it is at NW.

Btw, some other hotel chain's bonuses are capped. Priority Club (Holiday Inn, Express, Crowne Plaza, Candlewood, etc), for example, typically has caps of their own which typically work out to about 20 to 30 nights for many promos.

Stefan Daystrom

"Standard" is the kind that's easy to get (but costs double). "Saver" (at NW, specifically "Perk Saver") is the kind that's 100K at NW for 2 WBC US<->Europe.

If you're sure you only want to use it for Europe, then perhaps cutting off at 200 makes sense. (Tho NW miles never expire, so doesn't it make sense to always earn them when they're the only ones who have this good a promo, whether you're "working toward" an award or not? Unless you're working toward a specific award somewhere else too, I guess...)

But Middle East, Asia, and Africa would need 240K, and South Pacific 300K. And one airline may be easier for award travel to certain continents and another to others.

Also, sometimes you can get really good deals on NW upgrades (compared to outright awards), and sometimes those may be easier to get than an actual award. (Tho I dunno if that's the case for Europe.) But the upgrade award miles "cost" doesn't divide evently into the outright award miles "cost", so if you're not sure which you'll be more able to use it might not make sense to pick a number to cut off at.

werldporks

http://www.nwa.com/jp/en/offers/perkology/index.shtml

i vote this the crappiest promo of all time .

gpan

There is another thread on this Promo already.....

aSiAnRiCk

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=666075

werldporks

No, that's not the same. The one i referred to is for Japanese market, and it's New. The USA version may or may not be crappy. I'm not able or willing to express an opinion on it.

humanoid94

Ah yes you are right. I did not believe it was possible but the Japanese version is actually worse than the borderline useless American one.

SPN Lifer

I just threw away 2000 miles by not signing up before an unanticipated trip with two hotel stays.

tcook052

Is that Japanese?

ziqch

Did anyone get 5K perkology bonus for spending 5k on existing worldperks visa card?

to and fro

I received my 5K on March 12th.
oops, sorry. It was actually 5K from WP Mall - Visa promotion. My mistake.

JeffISU

Thought of getting creative with the 5k bonus for $5k spend. Thought of sending fiance $5k via PayPal, but fees to receive are currently $0.30 + 2.9%. I have both a WP Visa Signature and a Business card. So, if I did both, total fees for sending $10k would be $290.60 for a total of 20,000 miles. Considering the cost of a ticket, this may save a couple hundred dollars.

But... I could see problems doing this. Not the most ethical way, since potentially you could repeat this as often as you wanted for regular purchases. However with the fees charged by PayPal (or other payment sources), the rate of return probably isn't that great.

Marathon Man

I think you get the promo on one card only but I would call and ask. I just know you cannot switch mid 5k. But if you are doing it on two dif cards, it makes sense, but I would ask.

As for the paypal thing, that's a good idea! I bet it would work and since you are paying its fee, I dont see anything wrong with it.

I personally actually already spent 5k on the visa because of many things I needed to do (can pay the yearly ski condo fees on a visa to the hotel it is managed by, and stuff like that)

I am now just waiting for a bonus to post but would like to hear if the paypal thing works. Ask them if one can spend ANOTHER 5k and get another bonus. Then I will go do the paypal thing myself and see if I get two bonuses.

MM