Mileage Expiration
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Mileage Expiration
I just noticed that my partner's Frontier EarlyReturns miles expired on 11/10/2015. He had enough for a couple of tickets to Mexico. He's SOL, correct? Once they're expired, they're gone.
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<i>You may restore expired miles by calling the EarlyReturns service center (801-401-9000) and paying a fee; lost miles can only be reinstated up to six months after the date they were forfeited.</i>
http://travel.usnews.com/rankings/tr...-earlyreturns/
http://travel.usnews.com/rankings/tr...-earlyreturns/
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In case this information is of benefit to anyone else, miles can be reinstated at $0.01 per mile. Or, you can fly with Frontier within the next two months and the miles will be credited back. This information came from two representatives at Frontier.
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huh, miles aren't worth much more than 1 cent each in many cases. I know I flew recently on Southwest, and for the ticket I got, my miles were worth 1.5 cents each. I guess paying 1 cent for them gets you ahead if you are really sure you'll use them and/or if they are generally worth more than that on Frontier. I know on some international trips with Delta, the miles are only worth about 1 cent anyway (eg, a $1200 ticket costs you about 120,000 miles).
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Delta does better than that ... 120k miles are in the ballpark of buying business class to Europe, which can be in the $3500 to $9500 range. (at least they were, prior to the latest devaluation which had about a 20-25% hit).