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Save/ShareStop reading this post now unless you are willing to drop hundreds—or even thousands—of dollars on an absurd purchase in exchange for free upgrades and flights. This info is a risky practice that's aimed at passionate travel geeks only.
Frequent flier jedi Chris Guillebeau has today spotlighted an insider's trick to getting more bang for your buck.
The gist:
• Sign up for US Airways free Dividend Miles rewards program, if you haven't already.
• Visit US Airways' special promotion page "Shop your way to a bigger (250 percent) bonus."
• Buy four items from the online stores mentioned on the page. Click through the links to Web stores for Barnes & Noble, Harry & David, etc., plug in your Dividend Miles number, and make small purchases (from $2 to $10, such as gift cards).
• Wait a few days, to make sure that the records of your purchases are filed in a timely electronic manner with US Airways.
• Return to the US Airways 250 percent bonus page and buy a fifth item, specifically TrackItBack stickers, which are offering 40 miles for every $1 spent.
• On March 1, 2010, US Airways will award you a enormous bonus of roughly 140 miles per dollar spent.
• As soon as possible, redeem the miles for a trip within the subsequent 360 days, before the miles may be devalued.
Get the full skinny at Guillebeau's The Art of Non-Conventional Thinking blog, FlyerTalk, and (of course) on the US Airways "Shop your way to a bigger (250 percent) bonus" page.
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Posted By bill on December 3, 2009, 2:51 PM
But how easy or difficult is it to find FF seats on USAir? The problem with many FF programs, which affects the value of miles, is that the destinations you need often just don't have seats available for which you can redeem your miles. Sure, when the miles come as a bonus for trips that you had to take anyway, they are, well, a windfall or perk, and they come with the understanding that you may or may not be able to use those miles in a way you believe is efficient. To actually PAY MONEY to get miles, there is some risk that you'll end up having to pay for at least some flights anyway. That's why those "buy miles" offers are not all they may seem--the price factors in that built-in risk of not being able to use them to fly when you want to where you want.
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