Few more tips on US airways Grand Slam.
I got many questions asked about the promotions, let me answer them all on the separate post
1 Dining, there are many Burger king around my zip code, but it may not around yours, some may have Quizno, Wendys, just anything, you just go to any place on the dining list, to get something for $1.
2 Shopping, a reader posted out itune doesn’t earn miles, I did not use itune this year, I used last year, if you don’t feel safe, use “Gaiam”, donation of $2 to plant a tree will get you 8 miles. Or buy gift card-Nordstrom is an option
3 Hotel, You will earn miles on award stays with SPG, Marriott, Hilton(Flexible miles option), because miles are awarded per dollar basis. but not with Hyatt. With SPG, make sure you signup direct deposit to miles first. If you are Platinum with SPG on award stays, you don’t need to spend a single dime to get hit on award stays, because once you signup Direct deposit, your Platinum Amenity will be transferred out to miles, that’s more than 100 miles.
4 Points.com- It looks like AA to Asia miles transfer take too long, I am still waiting, if you don’t want to wait, your Platinum with spg, tranfer 5 miles to Asia miles then to DM or use alternative I mentioned in previous post.
5 Choice hotels- If you have no points with choice hotels, buy 5000 points for $55, then transfer to 1000 US airway miles
6 US airways Debit Card from BOA, if you have account with BOA, sign up US debit card here, $30 fee, $3000 bonus miles.
7 See comments section for tips posted by a reader on Sharebuilder, if you are not member yet.
US Airways Grand Slam tips - TMtravelworld said,
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ashdown said,
“5 Choice hotels- If you have no points with choice hotels, buy 5000 points for $55, then transfer to 1000 US airway miles”,
UNLESS you can reach 28+ hits, it is not reasonable to do this.
US mile value at ~2.75 cents/2 per mile (i.e., 1.4 c/mile), therefore, your net cost is $55-$14 =$41, before you have 28 hits, only 2.5k per hit which is $35.
Thus, you lose $7 plus 1/4 or 1/2 hour time.
Troy said,
@ashdown, this option is for people who need last 1 or 2 hits to reach 36
sealiz said,
Thank you for this! I wasn’t going to do this promo because I was so confused but this has helped tremendously – 1 hour last night and I achieved 8 hits!
unscheduled said,
刘总，我的itunes已经post出来了。没问题
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