This week I received 15,000 Grand Slam bonus miles for my 12th and 16th hits. Below is the activity on my Dividend Miles account since my post on September 30th.
9/15/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 1
9/17/2011 09/19/11 CONVERSION: MARRIOTT REWARDS 2,000
9/17/2011 10/04/11 CONVERSION: HYATT-POINTS TO MILES 2,000
9/17/2011 09/30/11 DM DINING BONUS, JULES THIN CRUST,JENKINTOWN PA 8
9/18/2011 10/03/11 OFFICEMAX CREDIT 240
9/21/2011 10/03/11 THANKS AGAIN MILEAGE AWARD 5
9/22/2011 10/03/11 BUDGET RENT A CAR CREDIT 136
9/25/2011 10/01/11 HILTON HOTELS PARTNER BONUS 500
9/25/2011 10/01/11 HILTON-DOUBLE MILE BONUS WORLDWIDE 500
9/30/2011 10/05/11 CONVERSION:BEST WESTERN GOLD CROWN POINT 1,000
10/3/2011 10/04/11 SHAREBUILDER REGISTRATION MILES 2,500
10/5/2011 10/05/11 GRAND SLAM 2011 MULTI PARTNER BONUS – 16 8,000
10/5/2011 10/05/11 GRAND SLAM 2011 MULTI PARTNER BONUS – 12 5,000
10/5/2011 10/05/11 US WORLD CARD: EVERYDAY PURCHASES 128
10/5/2011 10/05/11 GRAND SLAM 2011 PQM BONUS – 16 HITS 2,000
While speaking with a US Airways representative this week, I was told that I have 19 hits. The Sharebuilder 2,500 miles registration bonus counted as a hit. The toolbar search went into my account after I spoke with her.
Good News
I contacted both Audience Rewards and Supper Shuttle and I was told that the miles from both were submitted to US Airways and that I would be receiving the miles. Hopefully they will post to my account soon. Also I got a $1.40 OPEN credit on my Starwood business AMEX account from my 1-800flowers.com purchase. Biscoff counted as a hit, but I was missing the 250 bonuses miles for my order. I contacted them today and was told I will be receiving these bonus miles and they should post to my account on or after October 25th.
Foul Ball and Problems
There is a problem with my Choice transfer. It is counting as a hit, but as a hotel stay instead of a transfer. I hope this will get resolved soon. Still my SPG transfer of 850 points to miles has not made my list of hits. My Hilton transfer turned into a foul ball. My husband and I have a joint account. This was permitted a number of year ago. Of course the transfer went into his account instead of mine even though I called in the transfer, explained about our joint account and gave my Dividend Miles account number. Hilton told me that they are looking into it.
Extra Hits
As you can see problems always arise, so it is best to have a few extra hits. I decided to try e-Miles and in a less than two weeks I earned 500 points and transferred those points to US Airways. Also I had not planned to open a Sharebuilder account, but it was an easy extra hit and now I have 2,500 extra miles. (Thank you Mommy Points)
I was so excited to find your website last night! I am also a blogger (one of the bloggers at Jersey Bites), also a lawyer, and love scoring travel deals! Paying our kids’ college tuition on the Hilton Amex has resulted in trips to Paris, Barbados, Hawaii, Cabo ,New York, and a number of other places all on points and with access to my beloved Executive lounges. We have concentrated on Hilton, but recently spread our wings through targeted promos to add United and Priority Club.
Two questions: (1) how do you keep track of your miles/points? I have a word document that I update quarterly.
(2) how do you get status with multiple programs. Maybe you ahve answered these questions-I have only read a few of your posts.
So glad you found my blog! Welcome fellow blogger. Since I am a lawyer, I use an old fashion file for each program and check my balances monthly. When I open each file I check for missing points or miles. If any are missing, I make a plan to follow up to get all of the points/miles I am entitled to receive.
Promotions are a great way to get status. Different promotions are offered all the time and I try to blog about as many as possible. Here is a link to a great post about credit cards and spending to get status by The Points Guy.
http://thepointsguy.com/2011/10/sunday-reader-question-how-can-you-spend-your-way-to-elite-status/
Hope you will continue to read this blog and provide me with your questions and feedback.
Did you fund your sharebuilder account? I did one for me and one for my husband on oct 1, 2011 and neither has posted. I did not fund the accounts (yet?) Looks like yours were done after mine, but posted already.
No, I only set up my account and did not fund it and the 2,500 miles posted to my Dividend Miles account