NWA worldperks miles question

[ViviTheMage]

When I took my trip to Europe in December, they did not let me get my girlfriends points, which I guess I can understand.

But, they only gave me 250 miles from MSP - LGW, then 250 from CDG - DTW, and another 250 DTW to MSP.

I thought you got the amount of physical miles traveled...not 250 per flight??

Also, if my girlfriend signs up, can she still bank in on her tickets back in December?

 

[Uppsala9496]

All depends on the code rules of the seat bought.

On United for example, I get 500 or actual miles flown, whichever is greater.
If I book a SAS flight for example, some tickets only have a 25% mile value to them.

I didn't get any on a Lufthansa flight I took last year from Frankfurt to Linz, Austria. Some weird ticket code that didn't earn any.

 

[ViviTheMage]

wow, the points are worthless then, because it takes 15000 to get a ticket within the 48 states, one way i think too.

 

[mikej007]

Am I the only one that thought of a certain rap group when I saw the thread title?

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
wow, the points are worthless then, because it takes 15000 to get a ticket within the 48 states, one way i think too.

all depends on your program/how you get miles. I got 45k miles as a bonus for signing up for two AA credit cards plus 1 mile for each $1 spent. I can fly to europe off peak round trip for 40k miles.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: mikej007
Am I the only one that thought of a certain rap group when I saw the thread title?

YES, but I changed OP just for you.

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
wow, the points are worthless then, because it takes 15000 to get a ticket within the 48 states, one way i think too.

all depends on your program/how you get miles. I got 45k miles as a bonus for signing up for two AA credit cards plus 1 mile for each $1 spent. I can fly to europe off peak round trip for 40k miles.

who do you fly through? AA usually? I can get NWA's CC , but that will make it 4 CC's in my wallet....I guess I could get it, haha. Pick up 20k points or something.

How about my GFs tickets, is there a reason I cannot redeem them, because they are not under my name, even though I purchased them?

 

[LS21]

you get reduced mileage for not booking on websites own airline

for example, for continental (also SkyTeam), you get minimum 500 base miles for ANY segment

so if you fly 450 miles, you will be given 500 MILES

normally you also get 500 ELITE-Qualifying miles

because you dont book on continental.com, you get half that (250 elite qualifying miles)

 

[ViviTheMage]

The NWA worldperks card has an annual fee, not sure what it costs though...never been a huge fan of annual fees.

Originally posted by: LS21
you get reduced mileage for not booking on websites own airline

for example, for continental (also SkyTeam), you get minimum 500 base miles for ANY segment

so if you fly 450 miles, you will be given 500 MILES

normally you also get 500 ELITE-Qualifying miles

because you dont book on continental.com, you get half that (250 elite qualifying miles)

that is what happened then, because actual miles to and from the places in europe were 5000 or so ++, each way.

I did book through an alternative website too.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage


How about my GFs tickets, is there a reason I cannot redeem them, because they are not under my name, even though I purchased them?

mileage accrues for the flyer, not the buyer

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: LS21

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage


How about my GFs tickets, is there a reason I cannot redeem them, because they are not under my name, even though I purchased them?

mileage accrues for the flyer, not the buyer

gotcha! Now if I get a worldperks VISA, will they automatically update my miles every few days or every month? Or do I have to request each place I eat at, every dollar spent?

 

[LS21]

^should be every billing cycle... generally for-pay flyer cards arent that good. the annual fee (after a while) cancels out the free bonus starting miles.. and the cash-equivalence from the mileage isnt good

just get a general card with a 1/3/5% cash back and its more effective

i use an amex sky card, which has 1.25% cash back applied towards any travel purchase (flight, hotel, car, etc) purchased anywhere

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: LS21
^should be every billing cycle... generally for-pay flyer cards arent that good. the annual fee (after a while) cancels out the free bonus starting miles.. and the cash-equivalence from the mileage isnt good

just get a general card with a 1/3/5% cash back and its more effective

i use an amex sky card, which has 1.25% cash back applied towards any travel purchase (flight, hotel, car, etc) purchased anywhere

one mile for every dollar spent seems rather appealing, because I could make a good amount of miles a year that way too, not sure how it would all end up though.

Yeah, I have a card with really good cash back rewards to haha.

55$ a year for the platinum version, 90$ a year for the platinum signature version.

55$ does not seem to bad, when you are getting 1 mile per 1$ spent.

there is a limit of 15,000$ on the platinum one, the other one has an unlimited credit limit.

justifiable?

 

[zoiks]

I have a Alaska Airlines card. I think I got 10,000 points when I signed up. The great thing about that card is that I was able to book a flight to Europe during the peak season for 50,000 points on Continental (partner airline). The card gives you 1 point for every dollar spent. Annual fee is $39.
I looked into the CapitalOne no hassles rewards where you get 2points for every dollar. The problem there was that there are no bonus points awarded when you sign up and their award rate is very high. A trip to Europe during the summer would be like 130000 points which would probably take forever to accumulate for me. I looked into other cards as well but the reward redemption rate for travel is pretty high with those too.

 

[Safeway]

:music:Comin' straight outta Compton, another crazy-ass ...:music:

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: zoiks
I have a Alaska Airlines card. I think I got 10,000 points when I signed up. The great thing about that card is that I was able to book a flight to Europe during the peak season for 50,000 points on Continental (partner airline). The card gives you 1 point for every dollar spent. Annual fee is $39.
I looked into the CapitalOne no hassles rewards where you get 2points for every dollar. The problem there was that there are no bonus points awarded when you sign up and their award rate is very high. A trip to Europe during the summer would be like 130000 points which would probably take forever to accumulate for me. I looked into other cards as well but the reward redemption rate for travel is pretty high with those too.

Yeah, but is an annual fee of 55$ a bit much?

Originally posted by: Safeway
:music:Comin' straight outta Compton, another crazy-ass ...:music:

?

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: zoiks
I have a Alaska Airlines card. I think I got 10,000 points when I signed up. The great thing about that card is that I was able to book a flight to Europe during the peak season for 50,000 points on Continental (partner airline). The card gives you 1 point for every dollar spent. Annual fee is $39.
I looked into the CapitalOne no hassles rewards where you get 2points for every dollar. The problem there was that there are no bonus points awarded when you sign up and their award rate is very high. A trip to Europe during the summer would be like 130000 points which would probably take forever to accumulate for me. I looked into other cards as well but the reward redemption rate for travel is pretty high with those too.

Yeah, but is an annual fee of 55$ a bit much?


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I think thats probably the average annual fee for most cards. What you might want to ask yourself is this.

1. How many points will it take to redeem rewards. If it takes a lot of points then you might be accumulating points for a very long time for a single trip.
2. If you do not travel or use the points, they may expire. Some cards are like that.
3. If you do not travel and the points have not expired, then finally getting an airline ticket might not be saving much as you could be. For example, a trip from SFO - NY might be say $250. If it took you 2 years to accumulate the points for the travel then at that point you already paid them $110 in annual fees so that kind of offsets the perk.
If you spend a lot, you might accumulate points quickly then the annual fee might not be an issue.
For me, I did a lot of research before I got my card. There are most certainly other cards out there that are better but I haven't found one to my liking yet.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Safeway
:music:Comin' straight outta Compton, another crazy-ass ...:music:

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That is a lyric by the rap group you mentioned in the subtitle.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Wow, if they expire I will not get the card for sure. I could see myself getting enough points a year for a ticket or two. I also see a maximum of tickets is 2 that are redeemable per year?

EDIT : I figured this out :

Please note: WorldPerks miles have no expiration date

that is good, I coudl also become a Silver Elite member if I bank 25,000 a year.


Ohh, thanks safeway....

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Safeway



That is a lyric by the rap group you mentioned in the subtitle.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8kUgL67eZsY

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Wow, if they expire I will not get the card for sure. I could see myself getting enough points a year for a ticket or two. I also see a maximum of tickets is 2 that are redeemable per year?

I think if you don't use the points or don't accumulate them then they expire after a while. Every card is different and they pose limitations on how many tickets you can redeem. You will need to look more into it.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Wow, if they expire I will not get the card for sure. I could see myself getting enough points a year for a ticket or two. I also see a maximum of tickets is 2 that are redeemable per year?

EDIT : I figured this out :

Please note: WorldPerks miles have no expiration date

that is good, I coudl also become a Silver Elite member if I bank 25,000 a year.


Ohh, thanks safeway....

I believe you have to fly 25,000 BIS (butt in seat) miles to get to the Silver Elite level.

I have about 90,000 United miles left and am down to a general member this year because my air travel has been cut back. I went from 30,000+ miles flown a year to under 10,000 last year.