They(US Air) have a deal you can buy miles and get the double amount during Dec.
Example 20,000 + 20,000 =40,000 for $700.00
10,000+10.000= 20,000 for $350.00
Are these good deals or not?
Good deal on US Air
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I think they are, although not as good as earlier this year, when they also had a 100% bonus, but at a much lower price per mile. (They increased the "base" rate by something like 60% sometime this summer/fall.)
At 40K miles for $350 you're paying less than 2c per mile, which is the minimum redemption "value" many FFers shoot for. (In other words, don't redeem 25,000 miles for a ticket worth less than $500 in equivalent purchase cost.)
The real value kicks in when you redeem miles for business-class or first-class tickets to places like Europe, South America, Africa or Asia. If you buy 90K this year (the most in the calendar year) and 10K next week (no bonus) you'd have 100K miles for around $1800 out of pocket. Turn around the week after next and book a business-class round trip to Europe for 100K miles - a ticket that would cost you upward of $3000 - $4000 to buy - and you're a couple grand ahead. Or redeem for two first-class domestic round trips worth $1500 each or so, and you're a grand ahead.
www.usairways.com/en-US/dividendmiles/creditcards/default.html
Usually do better with CCs best US Air one right now 40000
miles might also check into that rather than plunking down hundreds to buy.Works great for me and my wife on aa.com
recently 80000 miles=2 FREE RT TA flights closed cards no cost except for tax.I like free there is nothing cheaper.
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I have been a US Air credit card holder since 1995 and already have the card that would give me the 40,000 miles.
Returned from Paris in Oct. using my miles for my daughter and myself. I have not purchased miles before,but at present I don't have but about 45,000 left for another trip. Not going anywhere right away by air. It would probably take me another year or so using my credit card to accummulate another European trip. I try to use these miles for that kind of trip.
Thanks for your answer. I just wondered.