Update: Sale extended through 10/03!
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Today is the last day to purchase LifeMiles for 1.5 cents each.
-You can buy up to 75,000 miles for 3 cents each and they will double your purchase, making the effective price 1.5 cents per mile.
-Effective next month the rate will be 3.3 cents per mile and the double miles promotion will be over.
-Note that their miles are being devalued, though it’s relatively mild. Here is a link the current award chart. And here is a link to the new award chart that goes into place on 10/15.
-LifeMiles is famous for their miscategorized cities and generous routing rules. Alas Guam has been moved from the US48 to the Philippines but other uses that I’ve talked about at DansDeals Seminars still work just fine.
-Use a card like Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card® Card so that you don’t pay a foreign transaction fee and in order to get the 2-2.14 points per dollar on travel spending.
-LifeMiles is the Star Alliance program run by Avianca/TACA. Miles don’t expire as long as there is activity every 24 months. You can book partner travel online and one-way awards are allowed at half the rate of round-trip awards.
-LifeMiles never charges fuel surcharges, though they don’t sell mixed cabin awards. Their call center customer service is notoriously poor.
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Dan, for those of us who haven’t yet been to one of your seminars…
1. can you give us a few clues as to “other uses” of these miles, and
2. when will your next series of seminars be???
Thanks.
Zow
Dan, I know while the AMEX gold card gives 3X miles for air travel (which this will qualify as it’s directly from the airline) but they charge a foreign transaction fees so it negates the value. Do you recommend using the Barclays Arrival card for buying these? or Still say Chase Sappire Preferred is better?
@zow:
Nope and I don’t know.
Sorry!
@Tania:
Much better.
CSP earns 2 or 2.14 points per dollar at a value of 1.5-1.8 cents per point.
That far exceeds the Arrival.
can i apply for a cc with bonus points for this ff program?
I don’t have the chase saphire card anymore which other chase card can I use to purchase this and not pay for foreign transaction?
@Anonymous:
Yes, but there’s only a 20K signup bonus.
@Helga:
Instead of me guessing, why don’t you post what you have?
Thanks Dan! Im really learning a lot from you! I just wanted to know what is the cheapest way to get from LAX to New York with miles and from LAX to TLV with miles. I know you said something about Air Berlin being the cheapest, but from LAX as well?
Thanks for your help!!!!
I am not getting any bonus at this time is there a way around this or is the offer dead?
Woke up this morning and saw your blog and thought I missed it, but it looks like it’s good through October 3rd now? Clicked through and the site said:
Buy miles 2×1 and live them more!
Buy miles and receive the double!
Buy miles 2×1 is back! The promotion that has been recognized as the best in the Americas, at the 2014 Freddie Awards.
Between September 2nd and October 3rd, for each block of 1,000 miles you buy, LifeMiles will give you a bonus of 100% more that can be redeem to fly to more than 1,250 destinations with Avianca, Star Alliance member airlines and other partner airlines. You can also enjoy your miles with the program’s extensive commercial partner network:
BTW- They were more than happy to take my credit card and my new 2 for 1 mileage shows on my LifeMiles account and AwardWallet!
looks like their chart NYC-TLV is same as everyone else. new will be 42.5 each way coach, same as united. may have less partners availability, why is it still a good buy?
NYC=TLV RT would cost 85000 miles x 1.5 cent total $1275. is my math correct?