Moving miles between accounts and people — what it costs, and when a top-up beats a transfer.
Delta charges 1 cent per mile plus a $30 processing fee, so a 1,000-mile transfer costs 4 cents a mile and a 30,000-mile one costs 1.1. Where the break-even sits, and the free alternative.
Read →Southwest charges 1 cent per point to move Rapid Rewards points between accounts, capped at 60,000 a year. What it costs, the free alternative, and what to do when their account is short.
Read →United charges 1.5 cents a mile plus $30 to move MileagePlus miles, the priciest of the US majors. It also runs the only free pooling scheme among them, which usually makes a transfer pointless.
Read →Yes, AAdvantage miles can be transferred, but the fees make small transfers a bad trade. The three ways to get miles where they're needed, ranked by what they actually cost.
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