50% Bonus on US Airways Share Miles

Through March 14, US Airways is offering a 50% bonus on sharing miles.

That is, for every 1000 miles you transfer to someone’s account, US Airways will add a bonus 500.

US Airways charges 1 cent per mile to transfer miles between accounts, plus a $30 per transaction fee, and tax. With this offer you’re effectively buying miles at just over 2 cents apiece, something I wouldn’t take advantage of. When US Airways offers to sell miles at a 50% discount or with a 100% bonus, they’re selling miles for just under 2 cents apiece and I’m sort of on the fence.

However, if you need miles to top off towards an award, this is a good opportunity provided you have a friend to transfer miles from.

As with all such offers, accounts need to be open 12 days to be eligible to participate. The maximum number of bonus miles a member can receive under this promotion is 50,000. US Airways has been similarly capping their buy miles bonuses — they seem to not want someone without any miles to put an award on hold (say 100,000 miles for business class to Europe) and then just buy the miles straight out to complete the transaction.

(HT: Raden)

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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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