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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #580 on: December 13, 2019, 12:04:57 PM »
What does that mean?
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #581 on: December 13, 2019, 12:14:23 PM »
Can one communicate with getmymilesback@gmail.com publicly and privately on this forum, or only via email?
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #582 on: December 14, 2019, 06:49:44 PM »
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #583 on: December 18, 2019, 11:35:50 AM »
i am filling out the form on the hertz website and it asks for name address etc, is that for the name on the rental or name on the mileage account?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #584 on: December 23, 2019, 03:24:09 PM »
Thanks to getmymilesback@gmail.com I got my expired United miles back! Smooth transaction!
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #585 on: December 23, 2019, 04:19:30 PM »
i have a few week old budget rental receipt from israel...

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #586 on: December 23, 2019, 04:20:18 PM »
2 hertz receipt from July for $20 each
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #587 on: February 02, 2020, 12:33:48 AM »
Anyone know anything that can be done for Alaska miles that were expired?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #588 on: February 02, 2020, 01:10:50 AM »
Not sure about Alaska but I emailed getmymilesback@gmail.com regarding other miles and he saved the day!

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #589 on: February 02, 2020, 01:42:17 AM »
Anyone know anything that can be done for Alaska miles that were expired?
Alamo rentals can be credited to Alaska. I'm not saying it would be retroactive and I'm not saying Alamo is the only one.

As per https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mileage-plan/terms-and-conditions:
if a Mileage Plan account is inactive for 2 years, Alaska Airlines may close the account, delete any mileage balance and reassign the Mileage Plan number. Deleted mileage can be reinstated for a fee for up to 1 year. To reinstate a Mileage Plan account please contact customer care.
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #590 on: February 07, 2020, 11:40:14 AM »
Super positive experience with getmymilesback@gmail.com!!! I was very worried that all my expired miles would be lost forever but he helped reinstate ALL my missing miles within a few days! 5 star service!

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #591 on: March 05, 2020, 01:46:06 PM »
will this work to reinstate marriott points?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #592 on: April 22, 2020, 04:04:08 PM »
FYI AA has audited a bunch of accounts who are using 3rd party receipts to earn miles where the names don't match.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #594 on: April 22, 2020, 11:57:05 PM »
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I’ve never run into any issues having the miles credited to someone else’s account. In fact I’ve never even been asked for the name of the mileage account holder, I just ask for airline mileage account number XYZ to be credited for the rental.
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #597 on: April 23, 2020, 12:58:34 PM »
Why does DOC call it "Bogus"?
It it somewhere in the Terms, that it has to be in your name?

Sounds like some of the shutdowns were people who manually edited the info on the car rental receipt to work for their dates/names, which I guess makes them 'bogus'.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #598 on: April 23, 2020, 01:35:24 PM »
Sounds like some of the shutdowns were people who manually edited the info on the car rental receipt to work for their dates/names, which I guess makes them 'bogus'.
Is this actually true?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #599 on: April 23, 2020, 01:37:35 PM »
Is this actually true?

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