Though on the page it says "This offer is open only to recipients of this mailing", so far nobody gets problems of registering on the website. But as reported here no one has transferred the pts yet after registry. I'll keep it undated.
P.S. did anyone know any mileage bonus for transferring to other airlines like Continental?
That 20% mileage bonus doesn't come close to covering the increase in mileage requirements they implemented recently before you can book award travel. My wife and I were looking at tickets to Hawaii last week, and some regular coach tickets cost 150,000 miles (instead of the 35,000 they used to cost). Many airlines are hurting, and with that their frequent flyer programs turn to crap.
dealcather said:I hate Delta Just transferred 60K miles last night and booked tickets.
Sorry to hear that but I just found it tonight. I would have posted it earlier if I had known it before.
Btw, how did you transfer the points to Delta skymiles? I can only found the "MileageManager Annual SubscriptionMileageManager3,000 points" is available. Am I using a DOWNGRADED membership rewards program? I used to see Delta, continental, southwest etc are available for transferring the points.
cheezedawg said:That 20% mileage bonus doesn't come close to covering the increase in mileage requirements they implemented recently before you can book award travel. My wife and I were looking at tickets to Hawaii last week, and some regular coach tickets cost 150,000 miles (instead of the 35,000 they used to cost). Many airlines are hurting, and with that their frequent flyer programs turn to crap.
Was it because the price itself is too high? I know usually fixed point/mileage tickets have blackout and are always available for any time or any itinerary.
Citi Thankyou points increase their fixed point amount for some international airlines too. UA mileage plus follows also.
dealcather said:I hate Delta Just transferred 60K miles last night and booked tickets. I transferred 105,000 points on 5/30, after first diligently searching exactly for this type of bonus. Bad timing!
jackcrawfish said:Thanks OP. For those that would like a quick 30000 points click for 25000 here Unfortunately, you probably wouldn't get the full 25,000 AMEX Membership Rewards Points until after the 20% promotion has ended. Excerpted from the promotion terms in the post you linked to:
Upon the Basic Cardmember's first purchase, a one-time bonus of 5,000 points can be earned toward the Basic Business Gold Rewards Cardmember's Membership Rewards account. These bonus points will be credited to your Membership Rewards account 6 to 8 weeks after your first eligible purchase appears on your monthly billing statement. In addition, after you spend $1,000 on your Business Gold Rewards Card before October 31, 2008, 20,000 bonus points will appear on your monthly billing statement within 6-8 weeks. These bonuses will appear as separate credits of 5,000 and 20,000 bonus points.
Those additional 20,000 bonus points will likely appear on your billing statements 6-8 weeks after the final qualifying date for the promotion: 10/31/08. At least, that's what I've been told and that's what happened with me for other AMEX promotions that required $X of purchases by a given date.
Finally, the 25K promotion terms indicate that this is available to "first time" Business Gold Card members. I don't know how strictly AMEX enforces that type of thing.
skibum43 said:"This offer is open only to recipients of this mailing." I haven't received any mailing so far, and I registered successfully at the link for both my wife's and my skymiles number. Messages displayed indicating that registration was successful.
Edit: Of course, it might not work for everyone, but it's still worth a try.
skibum43 said:"This offer is open only to recipients of this mailing."
Actually I just signed up my skymiles account and enrolled it tonight. It says my account has been enrolled successfully. I didn't have a Delta account before tonight so I don't think you are required to receive "physical" promotion mail. Just input your account number and register. That's it.
DreamSun said: Actually I just signed up my skymiles account and enrolled it tonight. It says my account has been enrolled successfully. I didn't have a Delta account before tonight so I don't think you are required to receive "physical" promotion mail. Just input your account number and register. That's it.
That still doesn't mean you will get the bonus. People need to know that this is YMMV and potentially may not get the bonus. I've had to follow up on a number of AMEX MR bonuses to make sure I've gotten them. This is great if you were planning to transfer the points anyway, but there is a risk if you are counting on getting the bonus and did not receive the mailer.
cheezedawg said:My wife and I were looking at tickets to Hawaii last week, and some regular coach tickets cost 150,000 miles (instead of the 35,000 they used to cost). Flights are completely full thanks to capacity cutbacks and its going to be very, very difficult to get tickets at the lowest redemption levels. Delta Platinum flyers however have a better chance as Delta makes more seats available to them.
bozo007 said:cheezedawg said:My wife and I were looking at tickets to Hawaii last week, and some regular coach tickets cost 150,000 miles (instead of the 35,000 they used to cost). Flights are completely full thanks to capacity cutbacks and its going to be very, very difficult to get tickets at the lowest redemption levels. Delta Platinum flyers however have a better chance as Delta makes more seats available to them.Exactly why I am not thrilled with a 20% mileage bonus. We have done pretty good with our mileage rewards card in the past, but with the current frequent flyer environment there are much better rewards out there.
Sounds good to me as long as you have the 'pay with miles options'. I was looking at some flights today a few months out and still found some flights to the New England area that are cheaper than me driving the full way (6-8hrs).
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