Strategically buying miles & points can represent a great deal, especially for luxury travel. United Airlines MileagePlus has just launched its newest sale on purchased miles. As usual, different members may be targeted for different offers.
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Hey Ben. I think it would be great if you had a question and answer post once a week.
I got a 60% bonus offer this time. That's insulting! I bought 200k last year at 100% bonus so maybe that want to disincentivize that?
Your love for Aeroplan is great. But I have never seen an award using Aeroplan on points.com. And in several years I think I have booked awards using all kinds of programs but never Aeroplan. Admittedly I fly SFO Japan and SFO Europe regularly and nothing exotic. Perhaps that’s it. Also I prefer non stop
Loyal people like me almost 30 years keep getting screwed. 60% offer for me. What a joke.
Yeah its really strange as Aeroplan is mostly a dud unless you wanna fly nasty AC metal for 500k.
The amount of blocked partners and routings is unreal
Unless they're selling them for less than the value of redemption, absolutely not.
Never buy points and miles unless they are being sold for at at least 33% less than they are supposedly worth and/or you are making the booking 5 seconds later. That said, there have been great opportunities in the past, such as saving the trees (or whatever it was called), where you could buy unlimited AA miles + one year of Concierge Key for 0.42 cpm. Otherwise, just say no.
Well said, Nancy Reagan. Just say no, unless you need to top-off towards a major redemption, and even then, transfer from Chase UR or BILT (sheesh).