100% bonus on buying Mileage Plus miles

[travelislife]

$1300 return tickets to SE Asia in J! $1700 to North Asia such as Japan. Won't get it any cheaper, unfortunate it is only valid for another 4 hours!

 

[get me outta here]

I have 10 mins before my next appt and rushing and then no online access for 4 hours. So, a quick Q .... I have 30K miles, how many could be a good buy to make another 'nearby by' trip, apart from NZ which the 30K will do?

Thanks for some quick ideas.

 

[Finale]

I have 10 mins before my next appt and rushing and then no online access for 4 hours. So, a quick Q .... I have 30K miles, how many could be a good buy to make another 'nearby by' trip, apart from NZ which the 30K will do?

Thanks for some quick ideas.

Buy 15k and get 15k bonus? 60k will get you to SE Asia rtn.

 

[get me outta here]

Great thanks, then a cruise up the coast.

 

[Finale]

Sorry SEA is South East Asia.

 

[get me outta here]

OK that's OK too How about SIN?

Sorry SEA is South East Asia.

 

[Alanslegal]

OK that's OK too How about SIN?

IIRC there is no SQ flights available so you will end up via BKK as the most likely route with TG. At $1300-$1400 is good value for J but then again, parts of me say I can do get to SIN for $400 flying Scoot and have $900 per person as play money. Travelling as a couple, which I do, that's $1800 for lots of fun on the ground.

 

[travelislife]

IIRC there is no SQ flights available so you will end up via BKK as the most likely route with TG. At $1300-$1400 is good value for J but then again, parts of me say I can do get to SIN for $400 flying Scoot and have $900 per person as play money. Travelling as a couple, which I do, that's $1800 for lots of fun on the ground.

You can get SQ but you have to call up now, none of it online, and for the Australia routes you will only be able to do it within 14 days of travel due to SQ's restrictions they brought in a few months back.

 

[get me outta here]

Well, as I was rushing I stuffed up. I actually had 30K US Airways miles, not UA miles. So now, I have 30K each in UA and USA instead of 60 in UA.

I had said to myself some time ago not to buy any more, and I should have stuck to it. If you have any ideas on using these 2 small parcels plse adv.

 

[bigsleep55]

You can get SQ but you have to call up now, none of it online, and for the Australia routes you will only be able to do it within 14 days of travel due to SQ's restrictions they brought in a few months back.

Just bought some miles. Anyone had any luck actually getting SQ flights 14 days out?

 

[zainman]

Just bought some miles. Anyone had any luck actually getting SQ flights 14 days out?

I believe you can get SQ J more than 14 days out but you simply have to call up as they won't display availability online.

 

[bigsleep55]

I believe you can get SQ J more than 14 days out but you simply have to call up as they won't display availability online.

Thanks, I'll call on the way home tonight.

 

[travelislife]

Well, as I was rushing I stuffed up. I actually had 30K US Airways miles, not UA miles. So now, I have 30K each in UA and USA instead of 60 in UA.

I had said to myself some time ago not to buy any more, and I should have stuck to it. If you have any ideas on using these 2 small parcels plse adv.

Well you can now get a one way from Aus to say Bangkok in Business class for your 30k United miles. Your 30k US miles will get you return business class anywhere in Oceania. The best deal would be doing something like Auckland to Broome return in Business class. There have been some reports of people being able to wrangle stopovers as well on these kind of bookings which technically aren't allowed.

 

[Tortuga]

I bought 20,000 miles while the bonus was 100% however only 20,000 has been credited - not 40,000? Anyone else get issues with crediting the miles?

 

[mhen]

I bought 20,000 miles while the bonus was 100% however only 20,000 has been credited - not 40,000? Anyone else get issues with crediting the miles?

Terms and conditions say "Bonus miles will post to the MileagePlus account within 7 days".

 

[get me outta here]

Thanks travelislife, Re UA, BKK doesn't appeal, I guess HKG is out of the question now ...

Well you can now get a one way from Aus to say Bangkok in Business class for your 30k United miles. Your 30k US miles will get you return business class anywhere in Oceania. The best deal would be doing something like Auckland to Broome return in Business class. There have been some reports of people being able to wrangle stopovers as well on these kind of bookings which technically aren't allowed.

 

[Finale]

Bonus miles have been posted.

 

[get me outta here]

UPDATE to my post 29: I got an email y'day from UA saying that my member no was wrong. I couldn't get into my account so I emailed UA and told them that and that my preference is to cancel the purchase. They came back almost immediately and said refunded (to my 28D cc), had been done - I am grateful for that and thanked them very much. They have been impressively responsive in helping me sort out an account that I have not used for yaers. Wacko. Now to see how much I lost over all on the deal for my own hastiness. :shock:

 

[bigsleep55]

Anyone know the best number to call and make an award booking with Untied? I've got an Aussie number of 131 777 I'm going to try.

 

[JessicaTam]

I have just received an email with a 100% offer (up to 50k points). Up until 30 September.