Master Chart Of Mileage Expiration, Transfer Options, And Transfer Times For 60 Loyalty Programs: Keep Points From Expiring And Bring Them Back To Life!

I have chase points and want to get Starwood instead. Anyway I can do that?

Will a 1k UR transfer extend the expiration immediately for Southwest?

@Mike:
Sure, open a Starwood card and start earning Starpoints.

No, Chase points do not transfer to Starwood.

@ur to sw?:
Sure.

enterprise told me they don’t participate with Frequent flyer accounts?

@Dan should we still be calling them “Skypesos” I mean you can now get to Israel for 40K direct, and Delta doesn’t “break guitars” 😉

@Anonymous:
They actually do participate with some airlines, but they are one of the exceptions to the general rule (and why I said most).

@Ben:
Considering this bush league move they pulled, most definitely,
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/61118

They can make changes whenever they want now without even having to announce them.

@Ben: still pesos, because flying blue is 25k. And AA doesn’t break guitars either

DO ULTIMATE REWARDS EXPIRE

Dan –
My Etihad miles (2 yrs expiry time) expired, around 5000 of them. They are counting my last flight (that I took Feb 2013) accrued miles as the last activity. This is inspite of me having activity of hotel stay etc later in that year, which is still within 2 yrs. I contacted them and their response was rather stern. They said they weighed all the options and cannot re-instate the miles now. Any thoughts?

Does booking a SW milage ticket, then cancelling, extend the life of SW miles?

@Dan: i just looked at all the site .. none of the sites offer “the week” magazine.. or am i missing something.. oh well.. if you ever see a good deal lmk!

Are SPG points really only good for 20K:12.5K united miles? This seems to be half the amount of the other airlines (20K:25K)?

Is there any way to get awarded for Hertz Car rental in Israel ??

Personally, I see Delta seems to have improved. I recently flew with them from Tel Aviv Direct (via hidden city fare… thanks to @Dan), and it was my best direct flight ever. Also their miles program improved at lesat for the time being, which is why I sine up for the 50k offer which I got targeted for…

Anyone know how to keep Air Berlin miles from expiring? They emailed me with an offer to open their credit card, but I’m not sure if anyone had experience with some other method.

My United miles expired in September. If anyone can help me reinstate them, I would greatly appreciate it!

You are a GENIUS!! I found out last week my daughters 62,000 aa miles expired in October. I was davening over paying the $400 plus tax to reinstate when I saw this post. Just called hertz re rental last March. Credited rental to my daughters aa ac and should be good to go. Thank you so much!!

For ba if I book a ticket but cancel it within 24 hours (no fee but they debited the miles and then put them back in) does that work to extend it?

Amtrak I believe that if you have their chase credit card, the miles will not expire

do points earned through shopping count?

i’m new at this…how can you get airline mile credit for car rentals? our AA points expired and i would be very happy if i can reactivate them through prior car rentals i just don’t get how it works! thanks for your help!!

@AN…:
Read the 2nd paragraph of this post.

@Sam:
Etihad miles expire after 3 years regardless of activity.

@SW:
If I had to guess I’d say that probably wouldn’t work with Southwest.

@Confused:
That’s correct.

@Yanky:
No clue, sorry.

@Ben:
The flights are good, their mileage program is uber shady.

@TS:
I don’t think there’s a way to extend them.

@Newyorkjets:
Congrats!

@Yaks:
I’d wait until after 24 hours, pay the $5.60 cancel fee and you should be good to go.

@jerry:
Yup.

@mark:
Sure.

@tova:
Call the car rental company.

Dan,
Only thank you points that are earned from a credit card do not expire. TY points that are earned from citigold, banking or sign up bonuses do expire. I should know because I had 37K ty points expire and had to beg to get them reinstated.

@lyla:
True, the 2nd paragraph only mentions credit card points.

@TS you can earn air berlin miles by doing hotel reviews at holiday check or by linking a sixt car rental account or by signing up for some of the various promos on the website. I would take advantage of the card also though.

@DaninMCI:
None of those things will stop them from expiring.

@Dan:
I see that now. I just didn’t want anyone to think that all ty points don’t expire at all. ty points are the only points that you mention that can be earned in multiple ways. I don’t want anyone to get burned like I did. I know ty points are for the most part useless but at least you can still get gcs with them. The singapore transfer is good only with ty points earned from cc not banking (which I have most of my points from).

Do you have a chart showing which milage accounts can be saved by wich car rentals….
(specifically BA)

Any way to reinstate points accrued from flying on Lufthansa Miles and More once they expired?
Would this car rental technique help for this? Again, these are points earned from flying and not from a credit card signup. TIA

Is there a post or thread that discusses the most to least valuable types of miles? Might be interested in getting one of those mags that my subscription is expiring for.

Any nifty way to get Chase UR into AA? Can one xfer chase UR into starwood via virgin, then from starwood into AA? Is that right or is there an easier/simpler/better wsy?

Any way to keep Hyatt points from expiring other than transferring in more points from chase ?

Dan,

In the wake of all the Delta changes, you might want to reconsider your term “Skypesos” I think “Skyrubles” is more accurate. Plus, its more fun to say rubles.

Great post – thanks.

What about Aegean

I have some miles with Singapore Airlines. Is there a minimum number of miles that I would need to transfer in from Chase Ultimate Rewards to extend the expiration or could I simply transfer one mile?

with Aegean , one has to consider whether the points get cancelled, as well as whether the account gets cancelled for no activity. It is also relevant what tier status one has.

I can’t imagine that Dan will be able to answer the Aegean expiration policy as it is too complicated for any mere mortal to understand.

My situation is miles earned in April 2013, gold status earned at the same time, no travel since then and travel currently difficult (so hard to earn more miles or use the miles that i already have). Wish I understood the expiry — I would take a 23 minute flight at the last possible date if it significantly extended the expiration (but the 23 minute flight would be costly due to high fares, and I would have to take a boat back and several buses, so a whole day would be involved).

If you can clarify Aegean expiration it would be appreciated — the Greek c.s.r. Do not understand their own program.

Your chart above is so very very useful, thank you

I wanna close my Amex green because of the fee from Which hotel will I get the most out of my points

Dan, I think citi TY point to all program is 1k:1k except hilton. https://www.thankyou.com/partnerProgramsListing.jspx

I had 30k aa points expire called and mentioned the challenge they said even if you open a new card account you need to spend 5k not just 750 is it huca or has the policy changed in the last 5 years

It seems that qantas is the only airline that has a decent partnership with elal -45k for direct flight. Are there any credit cards that work with them.

Amtrak points actually expire after the account is 36 months from the last paid trip, meaning that if you don’t pay for travel and your account is 36 months old, even points transferred will be subject to expiration immediately…

@Andrew:

Andrew, See, to me i would rather rack up a few useless points in order to keep my current gold status. Meaning, even if i do fly any star alliance i will put in my Number in order to get the points and keep the account active.

Thanks a lot for this. Any chance to include south African airways?

@Bob:
Amtrak points don’t expire as long as you have their credit card. I know this is true, because it has been much longer than 3 years since I have a paid trip and my points are still there.

When i click on the mileage posts tab, this post does not come up.

Did any one ever get a financial review from amex if yes what triggered it know of people that spend 10 thousand dollars on business platinum and got triggered and to man additionals can also can any 1 post if they got a fr and what triggered it

How do I transfer chase rewards to Hyatt? The only transfer options see is to combine points.

@Dan: In your opinion would it be better to use 40,000 Skypesos which are already in an account + 27 in Taxes, or to Transfer 11,000 MR or TY points to top off a FlyingBlue account to get the same flight for a Total of 25,000 FlyingBlue miles +100 in Taxes and surcharges?

any ideas on how to easily extend Hyatt or Marriott points would be welcome. they are implementing new expiration policies in beginning of 2016. thanks.

Just booked last minute one way return flight SFO to BDL On August 1th for only 12,500 Delta miles. Would have cost $396 if purchased. Point is they won’t get you great value for first class flights or anything but there is still pretty good redemptions to be had traveling cross country domestically. It’s not useless by any stretch of the imagination. Using Delta miles enables me to save my Star Alliance points for other flights.

AAdvantage will expire even if I have a citi AA or Barclay’s AA card ?

@yanki: Yes

@dan I got a lot of United miles that expired how can I get them back?

@Eli:
You need a Sapphire Preferred or Ink Plus.

@yanki:
Yes.

@United:
When did they expire?

@dan About 18months ago

@United:
http://www.ualmiles.com/ReinstatementMiles3.jsp

@dan If I have a small pool of Virgin America Elevate points is there anything I can do to redeem them on? I can’t seem to find a magazines portal for them… Thanks!

@yanki: if you have either of those cards why not just make a $1 charge somewhere with it to extend the expiration? Am I missing something?

Any way to reinstate continental/united miles that expired 2.5 years ago??

What’s the expiration policy of Starwood points?

@Doug:
I have the card and I use it and I just wanted to know if having the card alone will not keep the points from expiring

Anyone want to trade some Hertz (maybe some others would also work) rentals uncredited to a program? I would like to revive some United accounts. Needs to be between January 2014 and April 2015

I am looking to retrieve my expired united miles as well. Please let me know if j can help. Ty

@Yaakov:
Can you help me as well?

Hilton “Starwood via Virgin Atlantic 20K:37.5K”. how does this work?

@Anonymous:
@Anonymous:
DDF thread here:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=48643.0

@Eli:
20K Starwood transfers into 25K Virgin Atlantic.
25K Virgin Atlantic transfers into 37.5K Hilton.

Dear Dan:
1. I have a grand total of 4,071 Hyatt points — which will expire in January due to inactivity.
2. I do not want to get the Hyatt credit card this year — because I will not be able to use the 2 free nights before they expire. (Currently, I can’t travel due to illness. But I hope to travel again starting in 2017.) I am also home-bound — and can’t go to eat at a Hyatt hotel restaurant.
3. The price that Hyatt charges to buy 1,000 points is not a good value.
4. I can’t get the Chase Sapphire Preferred card — because I have had many more than 5 credit card applications in the last 24 months.
5. Any suggestions as to how I can — inexpensively — keep my 4,071 Hyatt points from expiring?
Thanks in advance!

@Alan:
Booking a refundable cash and points stay should extend their life, YMMV.

Also there is no hard and fast 5 card 24 month rule, exceptions are made all the time.

i have 185K with chase and 65k with american airlines.
How do i know when it expires?

I have 21,618 united miles. They don’t let me book hotel rewards. How can I use it on hotels?

If Amer Express will not cancel my yearly fee, and i close my acct will I forfeit the bonus sign-up points? I don’t have another Amer Express except for Serve. Can I transfer the points.

Dan — Thank you very much!!!

Anyone know how to find cheapest rate on hotel? Priceline? Cancellation policy? Any assistance would be appreciated:)

Any way to “revive” hilton points?

Dan, I had my wife’s southwest points accidentally expire two months ago, and had two separate rentals that I thought would work. After my account wasn’t reactivated I contacted SW, and they contacted the rental agency (Payless) to check the reservation so they could reactivate the points. They then told me that since the reservation wasn’t under her name (it was under mine), they couldn’t do anything to help… My other was with budget and that also seems to not be working. Are there any agencies which don’t require the names to match? Is this a new issue? You don’t mention anything about this issue in your post, so I’d appreciate if I could get some insight. Thanks in advance!

@Alan:
@Dan:
Another option for Hyatt points would be to transfer them to the Hyatt account of a close family member or friend (e.g. your spouse). If you wish, you even could arrange to transfer the points back to your personal Hyatt account at a later date to roundtrip the points. For Hyatt, transfers between accounts are free. Immediately after transferring the points to a new account, the points would reset for another 12 months. This approach should work with other travel rewards programs, though ymmv.

Beautiful!! Was just about to look for this this weekend. Started doing my yearly mileage refresher as part of filing my tax returns as a reminder, but haven’t had a chance to yet this year!

How long does typ to quantas take to post?

@Dan Hi I have expired aeroplan miles…any thing to do about that? Thanks

Wyndham?

If i want to jump from Amex to Prestige, id there a way to transfer my miles somewhere

my virgin atlantic miles expired 7 months ago
can I reinstate them?

What’s the best thing to do with city thank you points? or where do they transfer the best?

Can I transfer points from Miles and More to Starwood and then to Delta?

Any info on Hertz? And any way to get them back?

Was thinking of putting some paid flights in air Canada to Turkish because iirc they allow pooling points with family members. What’s their expiration policy?

Great chart. The only problem with this post is that you can no longer use points for a subscription to the “The Economist”. Really bums me out.

@swch, @dan

I have a rental with rentalcar.com and they have no clue what I am talking about when I ask to add my mileage plus account number from united to the reservation. Same with Avis. Hertz says it is possible but only prior to the start of the rental. I also have a hotel reservation in Yerushalayim but they don’t know anything about it either. What am I missing??

I was told (by IHG?) that IHG points do not expire if you have a Chase IHG card. Can someone confirm this from personal experience?

Should update post that M&M needs activity on card ‘every single month’ to keep them alive.

Lotsa people making this mistake.

I noticed you didn’t say transferred, only earned or redeemed–I want to transfer miles from chase ult rewards to British avios to avoid xpireation–any ideas? should be free as well. and looks like there is NO way to extend Am Air miles if you no longer hve a credit card??

Dan if I have a citi thank you preferred CC, are the points transferable to airlines ?

“Starwood 23.3K:25K via Marriott” I’m not clear as to how you arrive at this amount. Is the transfer from Starwood or Marriott and how do you arrive at 23.3?

I had about 350K Qantas miles for flights taken mid 2012 and it expired at the end of 2013 without any warning. I have spend hours on the phone with Qantas back then trying to re-instate my point but without results.

Does anyone think that I can still re-activate it by crediting car rentals to the Qantas account?

Dan, awesome post. The guide is better than ever.
As long as you’re asking for “mistakes,” the only think I would suggest would be to change the column header to Airline/Hotel, or add a second column header mid-table for Hotels. Other than that, it’s terrific. Thanks as always.

@Dan thank you for the post!
Its time to update the Ultimate Milage Guide to Israel 🙂 !

You should Accor transfers 1:1 for Iberia and Qantas (3000:3000 for Iberia, 2000:2000 for Qantas).

What a great posting; Thank You very much. What I need need is a post that updates periodically on category spending. Groceries and utilities seem to be spending that only gets 1 point for $1 usually.

How long do Starpoints last?

Citi thank you points expire even if u always use the card

Citi ThankYou points expire no matter how much u use the card they tell me it will expire

@dan
when something expires after 36 months regardless of activity (ELAL), so how does that work?
Do all my miles expire from the first day the first mile in the account is earned, or is it that each transaction a mile was earned has a 36 month timer on it which individually expires.

so for AF miles if i dont fly, i can’t do anything .. (like transfer from AMEX)

🙁

@dan
I had 70 k united miles expire about two months ago
I stayed in the the summer at the JW Marriott for a week this past summer
Is there any way that that stay could reinstate my miles
Thanks

Where can i find on United ans BA’s websites my expiration date?

Is there anything to do for Hertz points expiring?

I lost 60k IHG points as they expired due to inactivity. Tried calling them, connect on Twitter. No luck! What else should I have tried?

Is it possible to transfer airline points (like Jetblue or Delta) to Marriott points? It seems like it only goes the other way, but I hope not. Thanks!

Hi Dan, I tried the trick for my expired aa miles, with doing the car rentals points, called the rental (avis) and (alamo), and niether of them worked, nothing was posted to my account and no activity, what am I missing?

Tia!

What does this mean from my BA Avios account?

“Points Reset for New Membership Year -140”

I had activity in the preceding 36 mos. Thanks

Can southwest points be reinstated?

how do I find availability on Air France? When I check expert flyer it states business and first is only for elites?

You don’t have Wyndham which is a weird and strict one.

Rental car ones are also tough.

Thanks Dan for a very helpful post. 2 comments:
– Aegan Miles & Bonus points do no expire, maybe a change of rules recently.
– SAS Eurobonus is missing. AFAIK points do expire after the 4th year after sign-up date has elapsed. So if you signed up the 1st April 2018, your points collected until March 2019 will expire on the 31st March 2023 and so on.

@dan
I had 42k united miles expire feb 1 2016 (2 years & 2 months).
Is there any way to get reinstated?

You list Frontier as one of the MagsForMiles partners, which is correct, but using miles does not extend you expiration with them (your chart notes correctly you must earn miles every 6 months – a very short expiration period.). I’ve signed up with e-Rewards Opinion panel and so long as I have earned $25 with them, I can use that every 6 months to buy 500 Frontier miles to keep them active.

what about using your awards to get a ticket and then cancelling it less than 24 hours later? for united? for elal?

Dan, this is really fantastic. You seem to be the only one online to have explained this in such detail. Just wondering, I just tried Budget and they said that they don’t work with United anymore (they said they work with AA, Frontier, Air Canada and Spirit to name a few). What other general “activities” other than car rentals and hotels may I be able to revive my miles from? Thanks.

If i have 30k lufthansa miles, am I allowed to transfer those into ultimate rewards or other rewards programs?

My IHG points are about to expire. I tried booking a hotel room with points + cash but these are only non refundable. Anything I can do ?

My as miles expired in Jan. Don’t fly much and didn’t know. What could I do

can a united ticket that was paid with point be refunded ? ( the points can be refunded ) dose anyone have any experience with that ?

what about Ukraine International how long do those miles last?

Air Canada’s relationship with Aeroplan isn’t ending in 2020. They just bought them out

“If you have a Miles & More credit card and use it monthly, then your miles will not expire.” lets say i forget to spend any money on the card for a month and then I start spending again the next month does that reset the clock or does it start ticking and because you didnt use you M&M card for a month, so now you lost out and your miles will expire in 36 months regardless of whether you started spending right away the next month?

Which is a better card: AMEX platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve

Can you create a similar post on how to handle points when a family member passes? Thanks.

Any luck reinstating Chase UR after closing card?
I forgot to merge em and 30 days has elapsed.

Is transferring miles from another program considered as “earning” miles? For example if I transfer from Marriott to American will that extend my American miles?

Doea capital one transfer to qantas?

Thanks, super useful! One small point: I think Latam is a little more complicated, my understanding is that under multi plus, miles would expire on a Jan 1, so essentially it would be between 24-36 months depending on when you earned them.

Hi, how to transfer miles from the Delta to AF/KLM?

you didnt mention Royal Air Maroc and Ukraine International…

I may be wrong, but I think AF flying blue has 2 catagories of miles, which each can only be extended by earning of a similar kind.

Ie. there is one expiration for points earned from flying or cc spend, which can be extended by earning more.
And a separate expiration for points bought from Amex or Citi, which can be extended by buying more.

Does anyone know if you can credit car rentals to a mileage program in addition to the car rental program -(such as National Emerald Club…) Or is it one or the other?

Any way to extend the life of my united electronic travel certificate from expiring?

Where’s the “bring them back to life” or reinstatement section?

If I downgrade from the AF to the no AF Miles & More cc ( 1pt for $2 spent) will that work for the points not to expire?

Anyone know AA policy for cancelling a reward flight, and does it work to extend AA miles?

TIA

I have about 2400 Avios points from British Airways. Any suggestions on what to do with them? I also have miles/points with Delta (Amex Gold) and Capital One with credit cards that are active.

Does transferring points between hilton accounts help extend the expiration date?

I have 100k Citi thankyou points expiring in April
What’s my best value

Any Wyndham advice for expiring points if not ready to book yet? Does booking a year out extend the points? @Dan Wyndham not on your list.

hi Dan
I have 90k AA miles that expired in 2016 is there anyway to get it back they told me its past 18 months so they cant do anything

Thanks Dan, this post is great, and it’s bookmarked for me the past year.
Is it possible to highlight the updates?

Does anyone know how to reinstate expired miles on ValuJet?

If i just realized that I did not use my full $300 travel credit (for my Chase Sapphire Reserve) and my annual fee was just posted on September 1st is there anything I can do? or did I lose it?

you can still buy 7 night packages?

Lufthansa/Miles And More is no longer a transferable option from Marriott.

how can i prevent my elal matmid points from expiring?

BEWARE of ALITALIA – 3 years ago i transferred from amex, since they had a promo. I used some and didn’t end up needing the rest on that trip, and it showed at the time 18 month expiration or something of that nature. I look in my account before the set expiration and see 0 points. They changed there policy midway and expired the points early. Any recourse? they claim they sent email, but it got mixed in with other marketing from them.

Hi Dan, could you add to chart, if option to hold award exists.

Jet airways is gone…

Anyway to reinstate my hertz points that expired last month?

My Marriott points are expiring in 2 weeks. I dont have their CC and not planning on staying with them anytime soon. What would be the best way to extend the exp.date? thank you

For IHG Rewards, I just tried a book-and-cancel strategy. The website shows a new expiration date (though curiously it only extended by 8 months and not 12). However, given this clause in the Terms and Conditions indicates that my expiration would not be extended. Can you please clarify?
“If you redeem Points for a Stay and subsequently cancel that Stay, the redemption activity does not prevent Point expiration.”
https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/customer-care/member-tc.html

Could you update Turkish expiration to “end of calendar year following 36 months”

How do you transfer points between members of Star Alliance. For Example: If I have Turkish Airlines points, how can I use them towards TAP Air Portugal or United. Neither Turkish nor TAP customer service seemed able to tell me.

I believe hilton writes 15 months on their website.

Are you sure you can extend Airfrance/flying blue miles by transferring from credit card points? You defined “earn” either from flying or transferring from credit card. AFAIK, flyingblue miles can be extended only either with booking a paid flight or having airfrance cc

I have Hilton Honors points and i do not travel anymore, would like to close down my credit card, to avoid annual fee.
Any ideas for redemption? Or at least a good place to transfer for storage?

@Dan just one correction … there is a way to extend Turkish points. Its a horrible value though. $10 per 1000 points

Any way to reinstate HERTZ points that expired. I wasn’t aware HZ points expire if you don’t rent a car in 12 mos. (they just changed it to 18 mos.)

Correction:
Club Carlson point require activity only ever 24 months. My point were still active 22 months later and I confirmed this with them as well.

I called Iberia and they said transferring UR points to my account will not help extend the life of my miles. Dan, are you sure that with Iberia the earn or redeem includes transfers of UR points?

@dan it doesn’t look like MagsForMiles is taking American miles anymore.

British avios expiring. Booked a flight. To cancel they only offer a voucher. Not redeposit miles into my account?

Can I transfer Marriott points from my wife account to different mine. If we are both registered to different addresses?

Unfortunately, for those of us whose miles expired July 15th (I am kicking myself over not staying up to date on the changing expirations!!!!), I assume the 18-month expiry does not apply to our accounts. Do you know if Air Canada would backdate those?

Dan, when I log in to my Hilton account it says points expire after 15 months of inactivity.

I was told by Citi that their TY preferred card with no AF is also transferable points.. is that true?

Q about BA EXPIRATION of 36 months:
if both family are pooled together, does each have to have an activity every 36 months to avoid own expiration? or one family earn extend the other in pool?
2. did BA extend expiration due to covid?

I just chatted with Alaska. They said, “Your account can go inactive. This can happen if you have had zero activity with us for two full years as the website mentions. However both your mileage account and miles can be reactivated by reaching out to our customer care department. This will restore all of your previously earned miles, thus they would not disappear.” Customer Care is 800-654-5669, 7am-7pm PT M-F, 8am-5pm PT Sat.

What about Citibank Expedia Voyager card hotels points? I do not see them listed..

can you tell us about the lufthansa vouchers issued from the M&m credit card?mine have expiration of dec 31 and i wanted to know if they can be extended? thank you

Is British Airways Avios being extended due to Covid?

I had a Hyatt free night certificate converted to points two days ago, and it shows up in my Activity tab when logged on to my Hyatt account. Would that type of activity count to extend the expiration date of my Hyatt points another 2 years?

Maybe you can update the chart for COVID extensions? E.g., Singapore and Qantas.

I have an Emirates Mastercard and according to the rules of that card as long as I have that account the Emirates Miles do not expire.

Dan – I have a Hyatt Day of Gratitude Bonus of 500 points from 12/15/2020. That alone should keep the rest of my points from expiring, correct? Thanks!

I called Wyndham as my points expired a few months ago and as a one-time courtesy they reinstated them. Very pleasant and super friendly experience.

Does anyone know if transferring car rental points works to reinstate Avianca Lifemiles?

united points transfer to chase 1:1?
or only vice versa chase transfer to united 1:1?

I just got an email that Delta is extending eCredits another year till 12/31/2023. Does anyone know whether United will follow suit?

First time contributor. You said that American doesn’t expire points for those under age 21, but that’s exactly what they did to my kids a few years ago. Said I’d have to buy them back. 🙁

What happened to magazine options for AA? TIA

Just transferred TYP to Turkish and was instant.

so if i book something with AA points and then cancel it will give me 18 month more right ?

Just checked my account, and I don’t see expiration today. It says 10/1/22. Does that mean they expired some earlier today? I haven’t flown AA since before Covid, and their look-up is only for 2 years. Any suggestions?

as per Alaska airlines website their miles do not expire. They may lock your account after 24 months of inactivity but will reactivate and restore the miles if you call.

@Dan I transferred Amex to Lifemiles and it did not post right away. It seems that others had the same problem where it did not post until midnight El Salvador time (1 a.m. EST). Would be great if that was noted in the chart. See TPG that posted about this back in March.

Hi. You mention success booking and canceling with British airways. On their website it says about $50 mileage reinstatement fee. Is that info wrong

My account showed points expiring t-1 days, so I just transferred 500 MR to Qantas. They transferred immediatley, but now my account shows that the expiring points actually expired. I guess I need to contact Qantas. Aargh.

I dont have any activity on my Alaska account in 24 months but points are still active.
Is this because I have a CC or is it the “SIGNATURE CARD $99 COMPANION TICKET” add yeary that’s triggering activity?

I see that my points are still active. How can I see when they are set to expire? Last transaction was a transfer of points in from Citi sometime last year. Does it make sense that if I have an amex card linked to my Qantas account it won’t expire?

I just realized my Bonvoy points expired back in Feb. due to inactivity, any ideas how I can get them reinstated?

My Qantas points expired June 30th 2023. Is there anyway to get them reinstated. I have car rental from National. How do I go about getting them reinstated?

@Dan, it’s worth adding the charity option for AA, especially since they don’t have magformiles or transfer options from Chase or Amex.