What's the Catch? Delta FF miles
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What's the Catch? Delta FF miles
I have received an offer to allow me to transfer my ff miles to another person's account. Delta's message says 20% bonus will be added to the mileage transfer. Neither DH nor I has many miles in the account right now and it would bump one of us up to free ticket land (admittedly not an easy thing with DL). What's the catch?
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Apparently, most are smart to see that 20% bonus is not worth the $0.01/mile transfer cost.
So, now, they're making it 100% bonus, from an email I just got.
For example, deduct 30,000 miles from your account, pay $300, and a different account can get 60,000 miles.
So, now, they're making it 100% bonus, from an email I just got.
For example, deduct 30,000 miles from your account, pay $300, and a different account can get 60,000 miles.
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Unless it's targetted, what's the difference between this and selling miles outright?
For example, suppose I need 15,000 miles. I could transfer 5000 miles to my dog Fido's account (giving him 10,000), then Fido could transfer those 10,000 back to my account. Voila, I've got my 15k miles.
I dunno what DL charges to buy the miles through reg purchase, but the comparison would be interesting.
For example, suppose I need 15,000 miles. I could transfer 5000 miles to my dog Fido's account (giving him 10,000), then Fido could transfer those 10,000 back to my account. Voila, I've got my 15k miles.
I dunno what DL charges to buy the miles through reg purchase, but the comparison would be interesting.
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It is a form of selling miles. Just like the post I just read about AA letting people "revive" their expired miles, again at $0.01/mile rate.
BTW, all these offers carry an additional $30 service fee.
BTW, all these offers carry an additional $30 service fee.
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Oh wait, I didn't read the email too carefully the first time. It appears to be a targeted offer to transfer <i>out</i> so it seems I need to find out if my in-laws were targeted not the other way around.
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bummer Patty - I wanted to transfer dh's 15,000 miles - giving me 30,000 more - I am still chasing a number of miles to try to get two business tickets next spring. Looking for all sorts of ways to get them...
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