100% Bonus when you share your US Airways Dividend Miles.

Posted by on Oct 5, 2012 in Deals, Dividends Miles, U.S. Airways, Uncategorized | 4 comments

Edit: I accidentally published an old post earlier today. I’m sorry for any confusion that may have caused!

US Airways is having another promotion! And no, it’s not the Grand Slam, but this promotion still has value. You know me- I’m almost always against paying miles, unless you’re topping off your account for a specific award, or if you pay for premium international flights often. BUT, this deal packs value that most people should, and can, take advantage of.

You will receive a 100% bonus when you share Dividend miles in October. Yup. It sounds good and it is good. The person receiving the miles will receive the bonus and the bonus is capped at 50,000 miles. You can share 50,000 US Airways miles + 50,000 bonus US Airways miles for $500. Plus, there is a $30 fee and 7.5% tax. The total cost to share 50k US Dividend miles with 100% bonus is $567.50. Not bad.

 

 

I have 13,600 Dividend miles in my account, so I thought I would transfer them to Jordan’s account to take advantage of this deal. Since there is no Grand Slam and I already have 2 US Airways rewards cards, my miles probably aren’t going to be doing much. Jordan hasn’t applied for the US Airways card yet, so it makes sense for me to transfer the points into her account, so she can add to the total when/if she applies for US Airways branded card.

 

Step 1- Login In and  Select Buy/Share Miles

 

Buy and Share Miles.

 

Step 2- Select Share Miles

 

Give them the world.

 

Step 3- Provide Membership Information

 

Provide Membership Information

 

Step 4- Enter Payment Information

It’s $169.75 for me to transfer 13k points to Jordan, plus the 100% bonus. This comes out to 1.3 cents per mile. Not too shabby. Plus, I can’t do anything with 13k Dividend miles, and now Jordan’s account has 26,000 more Dividend miles and she still hasn’t applied for the 40,000 US Airways card from Barclays.

You will not earn bonus points if you pay with your Amex PRG or Sapphire Preferred, because payment is processed through points.com. Bumma.

 

Payment Info

 

Step 5- Confirm details and Share.

I always take a screenshot of my confirmation page or print it out.

 

Take away

I don’t usually recommend paying for miles, but this is a good opportunity to clear out some balances, or add to your stacks of miles for a good price. Once Jordan applies for the US Airways card, she will have over 60,000 Dividend miles in her account. That’s enough for a business class flight to Europe in January or February! Or we could get two coach tickets domestically or 1 domestic first class ticket.

This deal made sense for us, but it may not for you. Only do what makes sense for you. And if it makes sense for you to share miles with me, then do it. ;)

 

— Noob Master

  • http://www.facebook.com/patrick.c.patrick Patrick C Patrick

    I just looked at purchasing miles with the 100% bonus but it looks like I would be paying .0175 per miles and didnt seem worth it

    • http://www.NoobTraveler.com/ Noob Traveler

      Were you trying to purchase the miles only, or purchase with the 100% bonus plus share with the 100%bonus?

  • schmerj

    I’ve got 40000 in my account…would it be worth transferring 10,000 UR points in order to be able to share the full 50,000?

    • http://www.NoobTraveler.com/ Noob Traveler

      Unfortunately, you can’t transfer UR points into US Airways. You could buy the other 10k US Dividend miles if you would like. There is a targeted 100% bonus for buying miles too.

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