The how to make the most of your PL bids thread (ebay anything points to asia miles)

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Jun 15, 2005, 3:25 pm

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Nothing yet. Where exactly do you guys see this "redeem certificates" link in your account? It's probably not in mine but just double checking I am not being triple dumb here....

Jun 15, 2005, 5:51 pm

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Originally Posted by alex69uk

Nothing yet. Where exactly do you guys see this "redeem certificates" link in your account? It's probably not in mine but just double checking I am not being triple dumb here....

It's in the PayPal account under:

"Redeem Gift Certificates and Points" on the left hand side after you log in and view the account.

Jun 15, 2005, 5:53 pm

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Thanks. Will see if this works with UK-based accounts as well. (The difference can be in the paypal UK functionalities).

Edited: hmm, cannot see the redeem gift certificates on my paypal account

perhaps the link appears after the first ones hit the account?

Have you signed up for an Ebays Anything Point account? If UK-based accounts don't qualify, then perhaps a work around is to establish US-based Ebay and Paypal accounts and have a friend/family in the US bid on your behalf and credit your Anythhing Points account.

Jun 16, 2005, 9:16 am

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Originally Posted by GUWonder

It's in the PayPal account under:

"Redeem Gift Certificates and Points" on the left hand side after you log in and view the account.

Thanks. On the left I have three areas "Activate account" (strange as it's been active for ever - they want me to set up even a direct debit mandate now), "Enhance account" and "What's new". Redeem gift certificates does not appear there.

EDIT: Turns out that I cannot subscribe to ebay anything points and I was wrong to think I had. Only US and CA accounts are ebay-anything-enabled.

I could register with ebay/paypal with a different address but I would need a us CC so looks like I am out of luck here. Thanks.

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Jun 18, 2005, 1:26 pm

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Originally Posted by Motor City

Would it make any sense at all for me to start collecting AMs in this way?
I do book about 10 times a year via PL - usally 3-4 star.

The simple answer is yes and no. Definately collect the anything points. They don't cost anything but the effort to go through the ebay link. DON'T convert to AMs until you have enough for a ticket, because the AMs expire in three years. But you can get AMs from other sources, including starwood points.

Jun 18, 2005, 3:27 pm

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There are a few alternatives regarding working around the credit card issue. This also may include using prepaid US-issued mastercards/visas/amex. It would reduce the benefit somewhat. If you need help and have a UK-based paypal account, perhaps someone who has US and/or UK accounts (including multi-currency Paypal accounts) would not mind helping you out.

Jul 21, 2005, 9:59 am

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Bump b/c people may be helped by this thread due to the ending of the program.

Jul 22, 2005, 4:56 am

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Bump b/c people may be helped by this thread due to the ending of the program.

Very soon hereafter "this game is [going to be] a lot less fun than it used to be."

Jul 22, 2005, 4:59 am

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We know when the program itself ends, and when points will expire, but does anyone know when Anything Points for PL bids will end?

Aug 11, 2005, 4:01 pm

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Robt 760 just posted that Priceline stopped paying anything points on bids through the portal on July 18.

I have an MBNA Anythingpoints card.

The card will continue to earn points until the November statement, at which point it converts to another proprietary points card (Worldperks, I think)

If you use points.com for conversions, you can convert swap in to anything points until Sept. 30.

You can swap out until Feb '06.

So if you want to do a two step conversion of another currency via Anythingpoints get the points into Anythingpoints by September 30. It could be worth it - for instance, I need 15000 Asia Miles to top off a reward. It would take well over 60K AAdvantage miles in a direct conversion, but only 29612 via Anythingpoints.

This information came from a live chat support session with points.com