Once you have an AMEX card and are enrolled in the program, it is easy for you to determine how many points will translate into a roundtrip ticket. You can also transfer points to nearly 20 frequent flyer programs and sometimes combine miles you've earned with AMEX points. For example, Delta's SkyMiles program allows you to transfer AMEX points and combine these with existing air miles to qualify for a ticket or upgrade.
Since these incentives vary daily, check back with the site to see how best to leverage your miles. According to Geekeroo, some of the reward points can have an expiration date. If you're a Diner's Club Card dinersclub. The Club also allows Reward members to design their own dream award travel; combining Club points and air miles may also be possible.
Hilton HHonors hhonors1. There are several program options that allows you to use your HHonors points and redeem them for frequent flyer miles on the airline of your choice; therefore, a member can easily combine their existing mileage balance with redeemed HHonors points to get award travel to the destination of their choice. Charu Suri has been writing articles on travel since For example if an AA account currently has a mileage expiration date of 01 Aug and the US account currently has a mileage expiration date of 01 Dec , what will apply after the merge?
Not sure if you discussed in another post, but are you expecting any change to the AA award chart when the programs merge in the next 30 days, or do you think it will come later?
Really torn on this. I have enough miles to book a US-N. Thoughts from anyone? Danny, you may not need to pay change fee since, at least presently, date changes are free AA.
If not than how will Aadvatge customer service agents have access to US issued awards to do changes or cancellations as it not yet a combined res. I would welcome a blog post at some point reminding us what awards we should book with dividend miles before the merger awards that are substantially more expensive in AAdvantage miles. C Diddy — I am certain they have a mechanism in place for forwarding miles that post to US. What is the latest travel date that can be booked by USDM?
If I call in today, I can book the flight on Feb 13 , ? After combining, should I expect another 8 SWUs? Any s? Since we are ALL about points I have an interesting question. Can you do this or is there a disadvantage? AJ I have never heard of any documented case of claw back for an account kept open for 6 months. Just keep some activity in your account every 18 months, be it a points. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
As of the weekend of March 28, , miles from US Airways have been merged into the American AAdvantage program which is the program which will continue on. If you had accounts on both airlines, you were given a chance to link your accounts beforehand; if you only had a US Airways Dividend Miles account, then you were assigned an AAdvantage number.
If you have enough activity on the combined airlines for elite status, then you should have been awarded the appropriate level of status after March If you find any problems with the account merge, you should reach out to AAdvantage customer service for assistance.
If past merger information is any indication of what will happen you can take a look at recent mergers of United and Continental. The accounts of frequent flyers have been merged into one without the loss of miles. So until the announcement from AA and USAir come out you could operate under the assumption that your miles will remain intact.
At this time, American and US Airways will remain separate companies and each company will maintain its current loyalty program. No-one knows for sure what will ultimately happen with the programs - possibly even American and US Airways at this stage - although it seems fairly sure from their official publicity that there will be a merged frequent flyer account.
Related Economist article. If you know for sure you will fly US Airways soon, and it's a non-trivial number of miles you'll earn, it might be worth you signing up for the US Airways program now, earning the miles, and hoping they give you the opportunity to merge them into your AAdvantage account later. I certainly wouldn't worry that your US Airways miles will suddenly become worthless - that would be a huge PR misstep, and possibly have legal and accounting issues for the new company.
They are highly likely to allow you to do something with them, or at least give a grace period for spending them. Additional : Some more information, some of it supposition, in this NY Times article , which seems to be based on an interview with the two CEOs, and is therefore presumably reliable:. You have two choices: 1 sign up for a US Airways mileage account, be sure that number is on the reservation, and then sit back and wait for the two mileage programs to be merged in , at which point your US Air miles be added to your AAdvantage miles, or 2 credit the US Air flights to your existing AA account and earn the miles immediately.
Unless you intend to also get a US Air credit card or purchase additional US Air bonus miles to take advantage of the sale, there is no point in 1 , just go with 2 as it is the easiest.
Just be sure your AAdvantage number is listed in the reservation and on your boarding pass. Even though the two programs have not yet merged this will happen in , the two are partners, so you will earn both redeemable miles and elite-qualifying points and miles on US Air flights.
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