Again for Nov & Dec: Buy/Gift/Share miles, receive 100% bonus
Nov 4, 2009, 3:35 am
#16
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Earth
Posts: 359
Sorry for asking again, but I really want to be certain before entering into any transaction.
I can get max. 100k miles + 150k bonus miles out of this with two accounts?
I would follow the following scenario:
account A gifts 50k to account B => B has 100k miles
account A buys 50k => A has 100k miles
account B shares with account A 50k miles => account A gets 100k miles and has already 100k miles, so total would be 200k; while account B still has 50k miles.
Is this calculation correct ? Would you only get the bonus once per kind of transaction (buy, share, gift) with max. of 50k per transaction ?
If not couldn't I just share back and forth and get the bonus ?
Like A shares with B 50k => B has 100k miles
B shares with A 50k => B has 50k miles, A has 100k miles
A shares again with B 50k miles => B has 150k miles, A has still 50k miles
... and so on ?
Sorry for asking, but as I wrote in the beginning I want to be certain.
Cheers
TheAirman
I can get max. 100k miles + 150k bonus miles out of this with two accounts?
I would follow the following scenario:
account A gifts 50k to account B => B has 100k miles
account A buys 50k => A has 100k miles
account B shares with account A 50k miles => account A gets 100k miles and has already 100k miles, so total would be 200k; while account B still has 50k miles.
Is this calculation correct ? Would you only get the bonus once per kind of transaction (buy, share, gift) with max. of 50k per transaction ?
If not couldn't I just share back and forth and get the bonus ?
Like A shares with B 50k => B has 100k miles
B shares with A 50k => B has 50k miles, A has 100k miles
A shares again with B 50k miles => B has 150k miles, A has still 50k miles
... and so on ?
Sorry for asking, but as I wrote in the beginning I want to be certain.
Cheers
TheAirman
Nov 4, 2009, 7:02 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,447
It might be possible to "gift" or "share" more often, i.e. the US Airways and points.com computers might allow additional transactions to go through. But you wouldn't have a leg to stand on if a subsequent audit led to the extra bonus miles being removed. In that case, you'd either be paying full price for "gifted" miles or (even worse) paying the "share miles" price for zero net gain.
I'm happy to leave it at 250,000 per account for several reasons. For a start, it already represents an investment of over 6,500 USD. That's more than enough to be entrusting to any airline at the moment. It will take a while to burn 500,000 miles -- and at some point in the coming year I need to pay for a couple of long-haul flights with real money, in order to retain status.
Nov 4, 2009, 7:41 am
#18
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Charlie South
Programs: AA EXP; HH Diamond; Marriott Gold
Posts: 451
did these transactions post as purchases from us airways (i.e., should i use a us airways credit card that provides bonus miles for purchases from us airways in order to maximize the miles earned)?
Nov 4, 2009, 8:02 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Charlie South
Programs: AA EXP; HH Diamond; Marriott Gold
Posts: 451
would anyone like to "share" with my son?
my wife and i "shared" 50,000 miles back and forth under the terms of this program.
we have a 2 year old son who is a newly-minted dm member. i'd be happy to "share" 50,000 miles back and forth with another member (using my son's account) if anyone out there is looking for a partner with whom they can share miles.
this would requrie a little bit of trust in me. my son's account currently has only 1400 miles in it, so the initial transaction would have to be from you to him. i promise, of course, to initiate the "return" transaction immediately upon receipt of the miles into his account.
if you're interested, please pm me.
thanks.
we have a 2 year old son who is a newly-minted dm member. i'd be happy to "share" 50,000 miles back and forth with another member (using my son's account) if anyone out there is looking for a partner with whom they can share miles.
this would requrie a little bit of trust in me. my son's account currently has only 1400 miles in it, so the initial transaction would have to be from you to him. i promise, of course, to initiate the "return" transaction immediately upon receipt of the miles into his account.
if you're interested, please pm me.
thanks.
Nov 4, 2009, 3:08 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,447
US AIR BUY POINTS LOYALTY
On a Chase MC last time (July/August) it posted as:
US AIR BUY POINTS POINTS.COM NH
Generally, my understanding is that when points/miles purchases are routed via points.com the charges are not seen as payments to the issuing airline or hotel group and do not attract credit card bonus points/miles.
Nov 4, 2009, 3:35 pm
#21
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
On an AMEX the charge shows as:
US AIR BUY POINTS LOYALTY
On a Chase MC last time (July/August) it posted as:
US AIR BUY POINTS POINTS.COM NH
Generally, my understanding is that when points/miles purchases are routed via points.com the charges are not seen as payments to the issuing airline or hotel group and do not attract credit card bonus points/miles.
US AIR BUY POINTS LOYALTY
On a Chase MC last time (July/August) it posted as:
US AIR BUY POINTS POINTS.COM NH
Generally, my understanding is that when points/miles purchases are routed via points.com the charges are not seen as payments to the issuing airline or hotel group and do not attract credit card bonus points/miles.
Nov 4, 2009, 5:43 pm
#22
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: FRA
Programs: LH SEN, SPG Plat, Hyatt Plat
Posts: 566
Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else, but how long do these transactions take? I am looking at using them on LH and not sure how long the award seats will still be around.
Nov 4, 2009, 6:05 pm
#23
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Charlotte, NC USA
Programs: AA EXP; Marriott Lifetime / Annual Titanium; Massively Missing Starwood
Posts: 5,336
I can see the simple math...but is this really a good spend? $500 to get 50k translates to around a penny, but that's a lot of cash to lay out.
Nov 4, 2009, 6:27 pm
#24
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,447
Instant, unless for some reason (or for no reason...) points.com has a problem with your credit card.
It's certainly not for everyone, but it's a great way to get (for example) a TATL return in J for not much more than 1,200 USD including fees and taxes.
It's certainly not for everyone, but it's a great way to get (for example) a TATL return in J for not much more than 1,200 USD including fees and taxes.
Nov 4, 2009, 7:26 pm
#25
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
Since I've become pretty skilled with the ANA tool, I remain confident that I can usually find SOME routing that will work for me within a day or two of when I want to go. So this is like pre-buying my tickets.
Nov 4, 2009, 10:51 pm
#26
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: UA, QF, VS, AA, US, HH, SPG
Posts: 974
Quick question - I just joined Dividend Miles to take advantage of this deal. I don't see any mention of the 7.5% federal tax on the web site? Is it possible that this tax only applies to US residents? I can't try a purchase yet as I need to wait for 10 days.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Nov 4, 2009, 11:19 pm
#27
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
It will be added on the purchase page - you will see it when you can actually continue past the page where you enter your DM #, Name, Email and miles you wish to purchase without getting the "You can't buy miles yet" message.
Nov 5, 2009, 7:07 am
#28
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: FRA / YEG
Programs: AC Super Elite, Radisson Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 11,874
"sharing miles"
Just wanted to make sure:
- If I share 50k miles this will cost me $530 and the other person would receive a 100k miles under this promotion?
- Is there a limit to how many miles can be shared from one account to another? (despite the fact that you only get the bonus for the first 50k coming into your account this way)
Thank´s!
- If I share 50k miles this will cost me $530 and the other person would receive a 100k miles under this promotion?
- Is there a limit to how many miles can be shared from one account to another? (despite the fact that you only get the bonus for the first 50k coming into your account this way)
Thank´s!
Last edited by Jasper2009; Nov 5, 2009 at 7:15 am
Nov 5, 2009, 8:02 am
#29
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,447
I'm 99% sure that there isn't, although there is a 50,000 mile per transaction limit. But why would you want to transfer miles, other than to benefit from the bonus? It's an expensive thing to do -- far more cost effective to buy additional miles and get the bonus on them.