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

[MEL_Traveller]

This is amazing!! and even if i have to pay full price for the 20K points it still puts the J fares from MEL - CDG in the 2K bucket not the 7K bucket for retail

Also do the miles have an expiry? is this something i can build up over time?

if they expire can i just flick some rental car points to the account to keep it fresh?

Thanks

miles expire after 18 months of no activity on the account (its not a rolling 18 months, they just go in total from the last day of activity). Even if they are about to expire you can pay USD9 to have them reset for another 18 months! (the $9 fee is outlined on the US Airways dividend miles page on their website)

 

[chianshuin]

Does anyone know if going to US from North Asia via Europe will be permitted? THanks!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Does anyone know if going to US from North Asia via Europe will be permitted? THanks!

that's fine

 

[casanovawa]

You can also bring down the average price of your miles Mikal by getting some cheap ones by participating in the Grand Slam promotion if its run later in the year as it was the last couple of years... Hopefully they will do it again and not take out more of the cheap, easy hits...

 

[kpc]

If you share miles, how long does it take for the miles to hit the recipient's account? It is not instantaneous as I found out tonite....

 

[MEL_Traveller]

If you share miles, how long does it take for the miles to hit the recipient's account? It is not instantaneous as I found out tonite....

It should be instant - mine was. I logged out and log back into the account and they were there...

 

[dfcatch]

If you share miles, how long does it take for the miles to hit the recipient's account? It is not instantaneous as I found out tonite....

It can be up to 3 days.

Usually by next business day IME.

 

[hummel]

It should be instant - mine was. I logged out and log back into the account and they were there...

Same for me. Was instant.

 

[Alanslegal]

I shared from A and B account to C account yesterday. First share transaction the points posted almost immediately ie log out/in and it was there. The second transaction took around 8 hours to post.

 

[burmans]

Keep in mind that the uplift bonus is only once, so as per my post above:

My calculations: 79,999 -> 94,999 (so that's the 15k bonus) which then becomes 142498 US Dividend Miles.
vs
60,000 -> 75,000 which then becomes 112,500, plus another 20,000(+5,000) which then becomes 137500 US Dividend Miles.

Note that all the values above are SPG (so have already moved over the AMEX MR).

Yes, I don't think we are equating apples with apples, if you want to transfer ~ 80K SPG points (or in your example 79,999) then doing as one transfer as you suggest is clearly the way to go. And for many this may be what they want/need to do to get to say 120K for a Europe J flight or $150K for Europe F flight.

My comparison was to illustrate the increment value of transferring 60K vs 79,999 SPG proints (or 120K vs 159,998 MR points) and to illustrate the first 60K provide the most value. I certainly wasn't suggesting a second transfer!

Given 120K MR --> 60K SPG --> 112.5K would leave some tantalising close I can see why some might want that to transfer a bit more and if so they should do in one transfer. But without a specific target I'd probably only be going for the 60K threshold.

 

[Alanslegal]

If anyone wants to read my review of OZ, I finally got round to do one

http://www.australianfrequentflyer..../asiana-airlines-first-class-seoul-37594.html

 

[NDiddy]

If anyone wants to read my review of OZ, I finally got round to do one

http://www.australianfrequentflyer..../asiana-airlines-first-class-seoul-37594.html

Great read Alan

 

[Gold Member]

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[TD="class: alt1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Buy miles between March 15 and April 15, 2012 and you will automatically receive a 50% Bonus. Join Points.com to get the inside scoop on US Airways promotions and earning opportunities and get an extra 50% Bonus. Just sign up to Points.com and register your Dividend Miles account before April 15, 2012 and you will get a total of 100% Bonus miles on your mileage purchase.


Offer available for purchases made between 12:00:01 AM (MT) March 15, 2012 and 11:59:59 PM (MT) April 15, 2012.
The 50% bonus for purchasing miles will be awarded at the time the purchased miles are posted to your account.
You must be a registered user of Points.com or join Points.com during the offer period to receive the additional 50% bonus. The additional 50% bonus will be awarded before June 5, 2012.
Offer available for Buy miles only.
The maximum number of combined bonus miles that can be received by one member for this offer is 50,000.
Offer is subject to change without notice. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer.
Gift and Share transactions are not eligible for bonus. Only purchases made online are eligible for the bonus.
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[Oneworldplus2]

For the additional 50% miles by signing up to Points.com, needs to be a US/Canada phone number.

Any ideas?

(Gold member, cheers for the heads up!)

 

[mikal1988]

So I'm reading articles online and there is gossip about US airways merging with AmericanAirlines

*A merging with OW does this mean that US will go to OW or the other way around

Also I am so over QFF and their ridiculous redemption rate. It seems that other programs are so much better

I just want a program I can build up points and take the occasional surprise J. Flight with my partner and I don't thinkQFF is the one

Any suggestions or should I just hang out for a good DM bonus for purchasing

Regards
Mikal

 

[anat0l]

For the additional 50% miles by signing up to Points.com, needs to be a US/Canada phone number.

Any ideas?

(Gold member, cheers for the heads up!)

Where's the T&C requiring the US/Canada number?

My heart sank before I read that it also applies to existing members of points.com (of which I am, woo hoo!). But then my heart sank again because I know I've got no money to buy points! Damn!


Anyway, how much are points now, all inclusive? I've lost track...

 

[burmans]

be aware that there may not be another bonus for a while.

Or there may be one next month, given we have had about 4 in last 6-7 months would suggest this is the better bet but yes US could decide never to it again.

 

[burmans]

For the additional 50% miles by signing up to Points.com, needs to be a US/Canada phone number.

Any ideas?

(Gold member, cheers for the heads up!)

Google one and add it, I've never been phoned!

 

[burmans]

miles expire after 18 months of no activity on the account (its not a rolling 18 months, they just go in total from the last day of activity). Even if they are about to expire you can pay USD9 to have them reset for another 18 months! (the $9 fee is outlined on the US Airways dividend miles page on their website)

Plenty of ways to keep the points rolling over, answering Audiance Rewards trivia now and then is a good start.

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Where's the T&C requiring the US/Canada number?

My heart sank before I read that it also applies to existing members of points.com (of which I am, woo hoo!). But then my heart sank again because I know I've got no money to buy points! Damn!


Anyway, how much are points now, all inclusive? I've lost track...

When you enrol, if you try to enter a phone number not of USA/Canada, red marker appears. The red marker (USA/Canada number) might have just been applied because of the million point prize for joining up promo at the moment)

Google one and add it, I've never been phoned!

Yeah, I took a punt and did that. I googled my own name, and what do know you...


Good timing for the promo. l think l'll settle for a J SYD-Europe in July. Might have to lock something in because of the Olympics, hopefully it's not too late.