airline miles on credit card!,,,help?
i have a capital one credit card. for every dollar i spend i recieve one mile. i curently have 15,313miles saved up. i want to fly to europe which in total is 9,000 miles. shouldnt i have enough miles to get there? although the company states that 85,000 miles need to be earned in order to get a free flight to europe. Why do they call the points i need to earn miles? it does not take 85,000 miles to get to europe yet, i need to earn that many miles? i dont get it. can anyone please explain to me how this works?!!
It should all be spelled out in black and white on Capital One’s website.
I am having a great deal of trouble understanding your question and I have read it 3 times.Where did you get the 9000 miles figure? I use frequent flyer miles all the time and the least I have ever gotten a flight to, no matter where I’ve gone, has been 25,000 miles. That is domestic flights in the USA. I did use frequent flyer miles to go to Paris and that took 30,000 miles. The 85,000 is probably first class or in a very demanding season, such as Christmas. Please restate your question so someone can help you specifically. Good luck.
don,t trust airmiles if you go to europe and your bags go to cuba your lose your points. all so you will lose your points if you go to flight a and you ment to go to flight b your lose your points.
I ‘ve had capitol one for years,, you seem a little confused,as the points do not convert to a free trip,, but is deduction to $$ toward a plane fare/airline of your choice..If you chose a flight locally, then it might be free as the codt is less?? It is not like the frequent mile you get for American and/or United,, these points can be used for other thing like a starbuck gift card, etc.. And the yearly fee is lower than the cc from the airlines..
They did change their policies the last few yrs,as you need more miles to get a bigger deduction.. This card is great for those who are not required to fly one airline???
9000 points use to be a $100 deduction,after you purchase your ticket,, now I think you need 15k points..
And no expiration on these points either…
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I don’t know of any frequent flyer program anywhere that will give even a domestic ticket for 9,000 miles. MAYBE a one-way short-hop domestic ticket (like from St. Louis to Chicago) if the airline is having a special.
International flights are normally twice the normal miles of domestic flights. I’d say that the 85,000 miles figure sounds about right.
9,000 miles is not enough to bring anywhere.