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08-08-2011, 04:29 PM
Looks like you can also use that to purchase a roundtrip from North America/Hawaii to South America for $550 if you can travel during the selected dates and don't mind flying economy.
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08-08-2011, 04:46 PM
This is awesome Vicious! US Airways is also part of Star Alliance which is a big bonus too. I wonder if I could buy those miles and use them at a later date or only during the dates specified? If the former, then it'd be a wonderful deal to be able to fly first class to Asia for 1375 which is the cheapest economy fare; if the latter, then that'd not as attractive. After reading the finer prints, there's a limit of 50k miles that can be purchased (+50K bonus or a total of 100K) which is enough for an economy flight but for a first class to South East Asia, it requires 160K points. Too bad about this limit because if miles can be used anytime and there was no limit on the amount of miles, I would gladly buy 200 or 300K miles to use for my frequent flights to Asia. Btw, Vicious, have you bought these miles? have you or anyone flown wiht US Airways internationally (either to SA or Asia)?
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02-10-2012, 01:32 AM
They run it 2-3 times a year. They had one going for the month of January.
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03-21-2012, 12:52 PM
@vicious- What do you think about the current promotion where you get a bunch of bonus miles for joining points.com?
https://www.usairways.com/en-US/dividend...miles.html
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03-21-2012, 05:35 PM
It's basically the same promotion (with the addition of the Points.com membership demand) so the cents per mile price is the same as above. I'm flying First Class to Thailand in April because of the last promo.
The only real trick with this promotion however is one line in the fine print: "The additional 50% bonus will be awarded before June 5, 2012."
This might pose a problem if you intend to use the miles soon (which might be a problem anyhow since you usually have to book award travel a couple of months ahead or at last minute). But if you don't need the full amount of miles this second then this is still a very good deal.
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03-21-2012, 06:57 PM
It is showing the price for 50,000 miles is $1,750 for me, is that the same for everyone else?
You can fly to most places in europe for $1000 in economy from Toronto, I'm not sure if the extra $750 is worth it for the upgrade.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound like the greatest deal flying out of the US/Canada (As usual).
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03-21-2012, 07:19 PM
This is great, thanks. If you apply for the Premium Rewards Card you get 30K miles (+possibly 10K more), then if you do this mile purchase you can get 100K, and that's enough for business class to Asia. I will then buy points with this CC, which earns double points.
canuck, $750 is definitely worth the upgrade to business! There is simply no comparison between economy and business.
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03-21-2012, 07:24 PM
Quote: (03-21-2012 06:57 PM)canucktraveller Wrote:
It is showing the price for 50,000 miles is $1,750 for me, is that the same for everyone else?
You can fly to most places in europe for $1000 in economy from Toronto, I'm not sure if the extra $750 is worth it for the upgrade.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound like the greatest deal flying out of the US/Canada (As usual).
50K +25k miles for $1750. The other $25K miles comes from joining points.com. So, 100K miles for $1750. I'm deciding if it's worth it too. Here's United interactive awards map.
http://pss.united.com/web/en-us/apps/mil....aspx?RW=1
This map made life so much easier. It shows the points for flights/upgrades, in correlation with the airline code. This will help as I traverse through Decoding Air Travel.
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03-22-2012, 03:01 AM
^^^ Yes, drop a data sheet please. I gotta lot of travel coming up this year and I'd like to optimize my expenditures.
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03-22-2012, 02:38 PM
this is great stuff, I fly biz and 1st for work but on my own dime its been economy and that once youve gotten used to biz+ is no way to travel. Keep these kinda offers posted cause im jumping in.
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04-15-2012, 11:00 AM
Well, it took me a month to part with the money, but I bought the miles. The way I figure it, for $1885 (100K mi.), I got a round trip ticket to Sao Paulo, and a one way ride back to the ME. Not bad, considering that would be around $3K paying cash on the barrel head.
I definitely owe you a cold beer vicious.
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05-15-2012, 02:21 PM
United offered 30K miles for $600 when I checked in online. @ .02 per mile it seemed worth buying. On a sidenote, does anyone use the airlines shopping? In some stores you get like 3 miles for every dollar spent. Most of the stores is where I shop online anyway. I'm starting to realize how quickly you can add them up.
Got about 165K on Star Alliance, and 15K on my credit card. Now I just figured out how to use them efficiently. Bought that airline book, but got bored after the 4th chapter.
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05-16-2012, 07:35 AM
Are those star alliance miles all in the same airline? 165k will get you a first class return trip anywhere in the world.
Pm me the details and I can check your options and award seat availability.
And yes, the Kralev book IS dense. Which effectively keeps the info and rewards to a select few without watering down the pay offs.
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05-16-2012, 08:44 AM
Vicious,
I've also bought the max miles for a biz class ticket to Asia. Is it possible to go around the world, like for example DC->Phils->India->DC, or will it only work for round trip?
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05-16-2012, 09:52 AM
You are allowed one destination and one stopover (30 days max) with Us airways. So yes that itinerary is possible. The destination has to be the farthest though. Using a stopover like this is the kind of move that give there buy miles promos incredible value.
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06-01-2012, 12:37 PM
This offer is available again for the month of June. Looks like I'm travelling in style to Florida.
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02-14-2013, 10:14 AM
Just got an email that stated U.S. Airways and AA were merging. Is it still going to be Star Alliance, or are the miles going to get split up?
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02-14-2013, 10:24 AM
It will transfer to One World. I advice you to spend the miles before that if you have them as US has A significantly better spending chart. PM if you need to find award seats anywhere I have access to the Amadeus booking system back end.