US Airways has a limited time (potentially targeted) 90% bonus on purchased miles. You can purchase a business class fare to North Asia for only $1,881 through this promotion. This can be a great way to pick up enough miles for award tickets at a cost less than the market value of the tickets themselves.

How To Register

• You can register through this link

The total fee to purchase 50,000 miles (with 45,000 bonus miles) comes out to $1,881.25 including taxes and fees. You will receive a bonus 45,000 miles for a total of 95,000 US Airways miles after purchase.

Promotion Details

• Purchase miles between May 1 – 15, 2012
• This 90% Bonus offer is exclusive to you and is available for purchases made between May 1 – 15, 2012, 11:59 MT
• This offer is non transferrable
• Bonus miles will be awarded upon completion of the transaction
• The maximum number of Buy miles that can be purchased by one member with this offer is 45,000 bonus miles
• All miles purchased beyond 50,000 miles will not be eligible for a bonus
• Offer is subject to change. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer
• Share and Gift transactions are not eligible for bonus. Only purchases made online are eligible for the bonus
• Miles are sold for $0.035 per mile plus a tax recovery charge of 7.5%. GST/HST will be charged to Canadian residents
• Miles purchased through Buy, Share or Gift Miles do not count towards Dividend Miles Preferred status
• All other Dividend Miles Terms and Conditions apply
• Miles may be used based on award availability at the time of booking
• Please note that Dividend Miles accounts less than 12 days old are not permitted to Buy, Share or Gift Miles. All purchases are non-refundable

Bottom Line

This may be a targeted promotion so your experience may vary. But we are 100% successful for every person we tried this promotion with. Do you qualify for the promotion?

I’m never a fan of buying miles for buying miles sake. But you can get a business class ticket to North Asia (only 90,000 miles on partner airline), and can almost US Airways business class ticket to Europe (requires 100,000 miles) with this promotion. Not such a bad deal if you are staring at the barrel of a $4,000+ business class ticket to Asia.

How would you use the miles? Are there any better uses for the miles than a business class ticket to North Asia on a Star Alliance partner?

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