contrails From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 1799 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1159 times:
I have some air miles I probably won't be able to use as the airline doesn't serve anywhere around here. I've heard that there are ways to trade them in for cash, but I'm a bit reluctant.
Has anyone done this before? Who is reputable? How does the transaction take place?
Quokkas From Australia, joined Jan 2012, 437 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (3 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1126 times:
Most, if not all, airline programs do not allow you to sell miles although some do permit gifting of miles to another member. There may be a fee involved for transferring those miles.
Check out the rules of the program of which you are a member to see whether it would be worthwhile as you would have to consider not only the value of the miles but also the cost of the transfer.
airtrainer From Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 1369 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1112 times:
As RamblinMan said, it's certainly against the rules of every FF program. A google search will redirect you to some "companies" willing to trade your miles, but I'd be reluctant to do that too. Also keep in mind that FF miles only have a low value, so unless you have thousands of them I don't think it's worth trading them for cash... Just my
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 23079 posts, RR: 60 Reply 6, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1049 times:
Please be cautious as airlines can deem this as fraud and shut down your account with no come back . You will also be blacklisted . You take your chances with this Im afraid.
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B747forever From Sweden, joined May 2007, 16086 posts, RR: 12 Reply 7, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1045 times:
Quoting aloges (Reply 5): That's my suggestion as well. I got an excellent deal from someone really desperate for AA miles when I wanted to offload some.
But you know, that is against the airlines T&Cs. You are NOT allowed to sell miles.
aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 7587 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1031 times:
Quoting OA260 (Reply 6): Please be cautious as airlines can deem this as fraud and shut down your account with no come back . You will also be blacklisted . You take your chances with this Im afraid.
not quite, see below
Quoting B747forever (Reply 7): But you know, that is against the airlines T&Cs. You are NOT allowed to sell miles.
But you know, AA advertise points.com on their own website and AA's own buy/gift/share miles programme is even run by points.com. The catch is that you have to pay a fee to trade your AAdvantage miles.
[Edited 2012-02-05 06:15:46]
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That's my suggestion as well. I got an excellent deal from someone really desperate for AA miles when I wanted to offload some.
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