ATLAaron From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 1018 posts, RR: 4 Posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1724 times:
I recently had my wife transfer 5000 UA miles to me which cost $85, I then "topped off" my UA account with another purchase of 1000 miles at a cost of $64.57.
So this got me thinking . . . are these types of transactions included in the operating income? Any estimates how much the airlines are making off of these such transactions?
Not all of the legacies offer the transfer miles feature right?
COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1664 times:
Quoting ATLAaron (Thread starter): Not all of the legacies offer the transfer miles feature right?
CO doesn't allow it. They do allow points transfer though(ex. you can convert 1000 AMEX rewards points for 1000 OnePass Miles). All other legacies allow it.
Scouse From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 77 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1652 times:
on NWA you can transfer 5000 miles for $75 or 15000 miles for $175. This must be a big earner for the airline if any body does it.
The only time I would consider it is if I was a few miles short of being able to make a reservation and needed some miles from my wife or daughters account.
GOTbound From Sweden, joined Oct 2006, 94 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1647 times:
AA takes 100$ for 10000 miles + 38$ in "processing" charges for a transfer.
Then you can buy miles as well. What do really suck is that in Sweden you can't transfer AMEX reward points to AA miles, you have to transfer from AMEX to HILTON HONORS and then to AA miles... you kind of loose lots of point in transfer rates...
Worldsurfer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 128 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1629 times:
Didn't CO allow it at some point last year , I remember getting an email from Onepass saying the transfer miles program was back , but it was very expensive.
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1606 times:
Unless you really really need it to top up and get a flight, its usually not worth it. Those miles are worth between 1 cent and 2 cents, so its not a bargain.
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