Northwest bonus miles

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dont use NW much...but thought I would pass this along - various ways to earn extra miles

 

Hang 10. Land 20.

Ride the wave to 20,000 Bonus Miles with 20K Bonus Play.

 

20K Bonus Play is our most awesome partner promotion yet. But you MUST REGISTER to catch the wave and earn up to 20,000 WorldPerks Bonus Miles!

 

Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Miles with qualifying Airline and Mileage Partner activities such as flying, renting a car, staying at a hotel, shopping the WorldPerks Mall® and applying for and using the WorldPerks® Visa® Card.

 

Sign up for 20K Bonus Play now and earn miles through September 30, 2006.

 

http://www.nwa.com/offers/20Kbonusplaye/?o...0knonregistrant

[gaprau25 0]

dont use NW much...but thought I would pass this along - various ways to earn extra miles

http://www.nwa.com/offers/20Kbonusplaye/?o...0knonregistrant

Thanks for that link. Checked it out. Seems like a lot of hoops to jump through, but if people are travelling anyway, it's a lot of miles, that's for sure.

 

As for NW -- their frequent flyer program is pretty good as far as getting free flights. From Japan, I can fly to BKK for 20,000 miles return. That same flight cost me 45,000 points with Star Alliance this summer.

 

The downside of using NW is that the arrival and departure times from BKK couldn't be any worse, and they have a cap for the number of seats per flight they allow to be booked on miles. Once the cap is reached, you have to use a "rule buster" -- double the miles -- which allows you to book any flight, but which then basically makes it the same mile-cost as Star Alliance.

 

Personally, I have credit cards that get me points for both plans: NW and Star Alliance. I only use the Star Alliance when I can't get a cheap seat on NW. But if you are able to plan trips months in advance, you should never have a problem using NW miles.