US Dividend Miles - Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

[anat0l]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Guys below is a snip from a recent statement:

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'To keep your account active earn miles before 07/30/2014' - basically what does this mean? If Div Miles not earnt before that date - account becomes inactive? Miles forfeited? Am a bit confused here.

I'll take it as miles forfeited.

Whatever the meaning, neither is desirable.

 

[Masonic Phantom]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Guys below is a snip from a recent statement:



View attachment 19560

'To keep your account active earn miles before 07/30/2014' - basically what does this mean? If Div Miles not earnt before that date - account becomes inactive? Miles forfeited? Am a bit confused here.

Just buy 1000 miles before 07/30/14 to keep active..check term & conditions will help.

 

[bcworld]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

'To keep your account active earn miles before 07/30/2014' - basically what does this mean? If Div Miles not earnt before that date - account becomes inactive? Miles forfeited? Am a bit confused here.

All you have to do is pay $9 (during months 15-17 of inactivity) and your miles will remain good for another 18 months.

 

[Masonic Phantom]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

All you have to do is pay $9 (during months 15-18 of inactivity) and your miles will remain good for another 18 months.

Or this,which ever suits.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

So you don't actually have to earn miles by taking a flight? Any Buy, Gift or Share activity before date listed will suffice?

 

[anat0l]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

So you don't actually have to earn miles by taking a flight? Any Buy, Gift or Share activity before date listed will suffice?

Basically any mileage activity.

I would've thought that also includes burning miles.

But as the others say, why trifle with it - just use a cheap method to keep the balance going.

 

[Masonic Phantom]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

So you don't actually have to earn miles by taking a flight? Any Buy, Gift or Share activity before date listed will suffice?

[h=2]Reactivation policy[/h] To keep your membership active, you must use or earn miles within a consecutive 18-month period, or your miles may be forfeited. You earn mileage credits when you fly, and miles are considered redeemed when an award is ticketed. You may reinstate forfeited miles for an additional 18 months for a fee*:


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[TR]
[TH="class: ltblue"][h=2]Cost[/h][/TH]
[TH="class: ltblue, width: %"][h=2]# of miles[/h][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: oddrow valigntop"]$10[/TD]
[TD="class: oddrow"]1 - 4,999 miles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: evenrow valigntop"]$50[/TD]
[TD="class: evenrow"]5,000 - 19,999 miles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: oddrow valigntop"]$150[/TD]
[TD="class: oddrow"]20,000 - 49,999 miles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: evenrow valigntop"]$250[/TD]
[TD="class: evenrow"]50,000 - 99,999 miles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: oddrow valigntop"]$400[/TD]
[TD="class: oddrow"]100,000 or more miles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

• You must reinstate the entire balance of forfeited miles within 36 months of the last activity date at the time of forfeiture, or the miles will be permanently deleted from your account ('last activity date' is the last date that you earned or redeemed miles).
• At 15 - 17 months of inactivity, you may pay a $9 preservation fee to remain active for another 18 months. You may also reactivate your account with a US Airways credit card; for this offer, you must be approved for the card and make at least 1 qualifying purchase. This option is available only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
• Fees are non-refundable.

There you go.

 

[burmans]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Guys below is a snip from a recent statement:

View attachment 19560

'To keep your account active earn miles before 07/30/2014' - basically what does this mean? If Div Miles not earnt before that date - account becomes inactive? Miles forfeited? Am a bit confused here.

I think you lose them but any activity will extend! Also there is an option to pay to extend but I think this is costly, buying 1000 miles would be cheaper!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Thanks for the responses guys all clear now.

The image I posted was from a friends statement - I don't know that I have ever received a statement - if I have then they have been deleted.

I also had 200K in my account - 2 days ago redeemed J/F MEL-BKK-ZHR on TG - J/F FRA-BKK-MEL on TG - and yesterday shared 50K miles with a friend.

I spoke to said friend this morn about sharing another 50K - he mentioned this note on his statement and he is not an AFF member - so to clarify I asked the question here - better to ask the question and have it answered by the experts so that ALL can see don't you guys think?

Like who reads T's & C's when you can be lazy and just ask away?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

I think you lose them but any activity will extend! Also there is an option to pay to extend but I think this is costly, buying 1000 miles would be cheaper!

paying to extend is cheap... $9 total.

paying to reactivate after miles have expired is expensive... as per chart posted by Masonic phantom.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Im booking this myself i would just keep calling.

for friends? obviously not for you as your accounts have all been closed?

if your accounts have not been closed, could you run us through the audit process and how that worked out? there isn't a lot of information available as to what happens during an audit.

 

[casanovawa]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

What are people's view on TG's 747s?? I was looking at some flights BKK-FCO and BKK-MUC and they have 747s on those routes, are the better and worse 747s or have they all been upgraded??

 

[Shanye2233]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

for friends? obviously not for you as your accounts have all been closed?

if your accounts have not been closed, could you run us through the audit process and how that worked out? there isn't a lot of information available as to what happens during an audit.

im going to give posting a miss for a while too many people get upset with what I have to say. I'm surprised you didn't chip in with Darren.

 

[Flashback]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

What are people's view on TG's 747s?? I was looking at some flights BKK-FCO and BKK-MUC and they have 747s on those routes, are the better and worse 747s or have they all been upgraded??

I actually quite liked the F cabin even on their old 747s. TBH I almost actually prefer it to the A380...

 

[casanovawa]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Ah well i would be in J...

 

[robd]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

I actually quite liked the F cabin even on their old 747s. TBH I almost actually prefer it to the A380...

I've just done both and enjoyed them. Personally, I prefer A380, but if 747 was all there was, I'd still be as happy as Larry!

 

[cove]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Flashback I agree that the ride and comfort on a 747 is still really very good. The A380 has had issues so it has not been the dream come true for the first buyers of that model plane.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

What are people's view on TG's 747s?? I was looking at some flights BKK-FCO and BKK-MUC and they have 747s on those routes, are the better and worse 747s or have they all been upgraded??

in terms of business class, from what I've read the seat in the refurbished 747 is worse than the seat on the non refurbished 747.

id try and go for either a new 77W or a380 route if you can and then connect. full flat bed is probably preferable for a good sleep, even if it needs a short intra Europe connection afterwards.

 

[casanovawa]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Hmmm, ok, travelling in late October and then into November, so slim pickings... Looked like the best fit ended up just being a flight BKK to MAD (then MAD-BRU) and its described in ANA's tool as 777, so whatever version that is, might go look on seat guru and see if it describes whether its a 772 or 773 in Thai's codes etc... More than likely angles lie flats???

I then tried to get a flight BRU-FRA-JFK for 10 November (a few weeks ago while procrastinating about this and seeing if the boss needed me, i think i was looking at LH flights to JFK/IAD in J and i think they all dried up, then about week or so ago it looked like more days and flights now had seats available so i thought they may have released more J seats) So anyway i call up last night and put all my flights on 72 hour hold, but the lady reckons she can't see these LH flights from BRU-FRA and FRA-JFK, not in J or Y while i could see them on ANA?? I know several months back there seemed to be some issue with US and LH but i thought that had all gone???

Anyway it was near 2am and i was a bit to tired to faff around researching, so said i would search again and call back to try and fill in this middle leg of the trip but has anyone else experienced something like this recently?? I guess my options are to check a few other European airlines (OS, TK, etc), see if LH has any flights to nearby cities such as BOS and then transit down to NYC or else see if US or UA fly from several destinations in Europe to NYC but not heaps of options so close to flying time...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: US Dividend Miles Buy/Gift Miles 100% bonus - Cheap way for F/J *A Awards

Hmmm, ok, travelling in late October and then into November, so slim pickings... Looked like the best fit ended up just being a flight BKK to MAD (then MAD-BRU) and its described in ANA's tool as 777, so whatever version that is, might go look on seat guru and see if it describes whether its a 772 or 773 in Thai's codes etc... More than likely angles lie flats???

I then tried to get a flight BRU-FRA-JFK for 10 November (a few weeks ago while procrastinating about this and seeing if the boss needed me, i think i was looking at LH flights to JFK/IAD in J and i think they all dried up, then about week or so ago it looked like more days and flights now had seats available so i thought they may have released more J seats) So anyway i call up last night and put all my flights on 72 hour hold, but the lady reckons she can't see these LH flights from BRU-FRA and FRA-JFK, not in J or Y while i could see them on ANA?? I know several months back there seemed to be some issue with US and LH but i thought that had all gone???

Anyway it was near 2am and i was a bit to tired to faff around researching, so said i would search again and call back to try and fill in this middle leg of the trip but has anyone else experienced something like this recently?? I guess my options are to check a few other European airlines (OS, TK, etc), see if LH has any flights to nearby cities such as BOS and then transit down to NYC or else see if US or UA fly from several destinations in Europe to NYC but not heaps of options so close to flying time...

usdm can on,y see LH flights for Wednesday and Saturday or something at the moment. you need to request a long sell (manual sell).