Author Topic: Book an aa flight using lan kms transferred from starwood? (Read 9870 times)

tripper · « **on:** January 26, 2010, 12:14:52 PM »

I may be a little slow on the pickup, but can someone explain to me how to book an aa flight from cleveland to ny using the method explained over here: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/6256#comments . I would like to know how to transfer as well as how many points I should transfer. Thanks in advance, Yoily

Dan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:51:41 PM »

Quote from: theyoily on January 26, 2010, 12:14:52 PM

I may be a little slow on the pickup, but can someone explain to me how to book an aa flight from cleveland to ny using the method explained over here: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/6256#comments . I would like to know how to transfer as well as how many points I should transfer. Thanks in advance, Yoily

You need to login to your Starwood account at SPG.com and transfer 20,000 points to LAN.
You will receive 50,000 LAN kilometers.

tripper · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2010, 09:44:11 PM »

thanx. and I can fly with aa using lan points or do they have to be transfered again?

Dan · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2010, 09:56:19 PM »

Quote from: theyoily on January 26, 2010, 09:44:11 PM

thanx. and I can fly with aa using lan points or do they have to be transfered again?

LAN books you the ticket on AA.

me · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2010, 09:08:24 AM »

Pardon my ignorance...

I want to transfer 20k starwood from my brothers account to my LAN account. Would they block it since its not the same name on the account? Anyone with any experience with this?

Thanks!

Mikeoracle · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2010, 09:42:05 AM »

Officialy the names have to match. I know that transfers have gone through even when the names didnt match but it can sometimes take longer or not go through at all. I dont know about any success with LAN specifically.
Why dont you transfer the points from your brothers starwood account into your brothers LAN account and book the ticket from his account directly?

me · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2010, 09:55:26 AM »

Quote from: Mikeoracle on January 27, 2010, 09:42:05 AM

Why dont you transfer the points from your brothers starwood account into your brothers LAN account and book the ticket from his account directly?

Because as Dan wrote, when trying to make a ticket on AA or something like that for another person they will need me to confirm everything etc... I figured it would just be easy like this... I hope it goes through!

me · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2010, 09:57:21 AM »

Does anyone know how long a starwood / LAN transfer should take?

Dan · « **Reply #8 on:** January 27, 2010, 10:39:48 AM »

Unlike AMEX MR points, it's very risky to transfer Starpoints to another person's mileage account. I wouldn't recommend it, even if that means having to send LAN your driver's license and an authorization form.

The transfer can take 1-2 weeks.

me · « **Reply #9 on:** January 27, 2010, 10:47:27 AM »

Quote from: Dan on January 27, 2010, 10:39:48 AM

Unlike AMEX MR points, it's very risky to transfer Starpoints to another person's mileage account. I wouldn't recommend it, even if that means having to send LAN your driver's license and an authorization form.

The transfer can take 1-2 weeks.

OY! I already hit the transfer button... Anything I could do?

Dan · « **Reply #10 on:** January 27, 2010, 11:04:51 AM »

Quote from: me on January 27, 2010, 10:47:27 AM

OY! I already hit the transfer button... Anything I could do?

Daven and let us know!
Like Mike said it works for some airlines and not for others.

Smirk · « **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2010, 12:30:02 PM »

Quote from: Dan on January 26, 2010, 09:56:19 PM

LAN books you the ticket on AA.

How do you calculate Lan miles needed for an AA flight?

Mikeoracle · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2010, 12:37:55 PM »

Quote from: me on January 27, 2010, 09:57:21 AM

Does anyone know how long a starwood / LAN transfer should take?

A point of reference, here is a recent post I found on Flyertalk;
I have had transfers to LAN airlines take anywhere from 7 days to 21 days with the average being about 10 days. I have also done over 10 of these

me · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2010, 12:53:07 PM »

Thanks Dan and Mike! I'll keep you posted

Dan · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2010, 01:10:02 PM »

Quote from: AS on January 27, 2010, 12:30:02 PM

How do you calculate Lan miles needed for an AA flight?

It's distance based as explained here:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/5533

moe · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2010, 01:10:53 PM »

ive transfered to lan with totally different name and it went thru fine after about 3 weeks.

me · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2010, 01:21:48 PM »

Thanks Moe. The best news I heard all day

Deal Guy · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:03:53 PM »

Is it true that on a ticket from NY to Miami, besides for the 28k lan kilometers, you still need to pay around $60 for tax and fees?

Dan · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2010, 05:37:46 PM »

Quote from: moefl on January 27, 2010, 05:03:53 PM

Is it true that on a ticket from NY to Miami, besides for the 28k lan kilometers, you still need to pay around $60 for tax and fees?

I doubt it.
For Chicago-Montreal there were just $39 in taxes, less than the $45 AA charges.

Deal Guy · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2010, 08:24:06 PM »

Quote from: Dan on January 27, 2010, 05:37:46 PM

I doubt it.
For Chicago-Montreal there were just $39 in taxes, less than the $45 AA charges.

Well, I called yesterday, and since I don't have a account with Lan, I had to pull tooth and nail, to have the guy look up sample dates in March, and he seemed quite confident that the tax is always around $60. Since you do have an account would you mind giving them sample dates and finding out. After giving up over 10k starwood points, that you can easily get $200 for, I find a additional $60, not quite worth it. Thanks