Master Thread: Most Attractive Bonus/promos?
Apr 8, 2004, 6:02 pm
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Master Thread: Most Attractive Bonus/promos?
The airlines associated with Idine Rewards Network seem to come up with some more attractive promos or bonus programs. It should benefit all of us to post the better ones periodically.
Most attractive in April currently seems to me:
A: for lower price per ticket:NW for 500 extra bonus points for 3 dining experiences of any price per month. This seems to be better than Delta's which requires over $25/ticket and only Monday through Thursday.
B: for higher price per ticket: American West offering double miles up to 20ff/$. i believe to 6/30/4.
C: specialty: if you you got to one of the few places which gives 20 ff/$, United actually gives a 25% bonus to bring the total to 25ff/$. I believe through 5/31/4.
When you see any which is more attractive than above please post it.
Most attractive in April currently seems to me:
A: for lower price per ticket:NW for 500 extra bonus points for 3 dining experiences of any price per month. This seems to be better than Delta's which requires over $25/ticket and only Monday through Thursday.
B: for higher price per ticket: American West offering double miles up to 20ff/$. i believe to 6/30/4.
C: specialty: if you you got to one of the few places which gives 20 ff/$, United actually gives a 25% bonus to bring the total to 25ff/$. I believe through 5/31/4.
When you see any which is more attractive than above please post it.
Apr 9, 2004, 10:07 am
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Please clarify ...
Originally Posted by best
This seems to be better than Delta's which requires over $25/ticket and only Monday through Thursday.
Apr 11, 2004, 7:09 pm
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Points Scrounger Hi there! I finally made it back over here to our new little board. I agree with you: I saw no reference that the DL bonus requires dining Mon-Thurs.
Last edited by paradocs; Apr 11, 2004 at 7:24 pm
Apr 12, 2004, 6:04 pm
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AA has one which works for lower ones (500 bonus points for 3 dines each month, endlessly ongoing) that applies to Elite (ie, Gold or higher) AAdvantage members only. (That's separate from various come-and-go bonuses they have that apply to all AAdvantage members.)
UA's 25% bonus is for the whole year if you "qualify" with enough dines in the previous year (or earlier in that year). I made the qualification in the last quarter of 2003 (when they introduced it). Since then, I've had only one dine so far for which the 25% bonus didn't post, but since it was a cheap one I'm not worried about it. (OTOH, it was not THE cheapest, and all the others did post the 25% bonus.) In this case, it's iDine itself that adds the 25% bonus (before forwarding the miles on to UA MP).
NW's bonus of either 250 or 500 bonus miles for a certain number (typically 3) of dines in a certain period (sometimes a month, sometimes a couple months) seems to come and go and come and go. I find it hard to keep track of which months it's certainly going to work and which months there's no indication it will.
I've been a member of BA's EC Dining for about a year now and I've yet to hear of a SINGLE dining bonus of any kind from them.
UA's 25% bonus is for the whole year if you "qualify" with enough dines in the previous year (or earlier in that year). I made the qualification in the last quarter of 2003 (when they introduced it). Since then, I've had only one dine so far for which the 25% bonus didn't post, but since it was a cheap one I'm not worried about it. (OTOH, it was not THE cheapest, and all the others did post the 25% bonus.) In this case, it's iDine itself that adds the 25% bonus (before forwarding the miles on to UA MP).
NW's bonus of either 250 or 500 bonus miles for a certain number (typically 3) of dines in a certain period (sometimes a month, sometimes a couple months) seems to come and go and come and go. I find it hard to keep track of which months it's certainly going to work and which months there's no indication it will.
I've been a member of BA's EC Dining for about a year now and I've yet to hear of a SINGLE dining bonus of any kind from them.
Apr 12, 2004, 10:23 pm
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I am new to being Plat with AA. Does the 500 miles per month bonus require any sort of registration or is it automatic? Thanks!