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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #640 on: May 11, 2022, 06:38:50 PM »
Does this still work?
AA miles expired. 
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #641 on: May 11, 2022, 07:16:02 PM »
I just had Lifemiles expire last week. Any advise or tips to get them reinstated?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #642 on: May 13, 2022, 04:45:06 PM »
I just had Lifemiles expire last week. Any advise or tips to get them reinstated?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #643 on: May 30, 2022, 12:17:18 AM »
Does this still work?
AA miles expired.
I got  a car rental receipt.  How do I do this?  I call Dollar, identify the rental by rental agreement number, and ask for it to be credited to the AA account?
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #644 on: June 03, 2022, 01:27:50 AM »
Does this still work?
AA miles expired.
Does it work?
Brother had ~350K AA expire in April.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #645 on: June 03, 2022, 10:46:41 AM »
I got  a car rental receipt.  How do I do this?  I call Dollar, identify the rental by rental agreement number, and ask for it to be credited to the AA account?
I finally found the answer.


I called Hertz (got a rental from them) and the rep had no clue and told me I need to contact the airline.
Didn't seem right, so I poured over all of Dan's material and this thread and found tucked in somewhere that indeed, you contact the car rental to ask to claim your earned frequent traveler credit.
On Hertz site, I found a form to fill out to get the credit, and it gave all its partner airlines as a choice.
They asked for name and address, that I hope was meant to be connected to the airline account.
They'll let me know within 24 hours if there's a problem.
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #646 on: June 03, 2022, 01:04:16 PM »
I finally found the answer.


I called Hertz (got a rental from them) and the rep had no clue and told me I need to contact the airline.
Didn't seem right, so I poured over all of Dan's material and this thread and found tucked in somewhere that indeed, you contact the car rental to ask to claim your earned frequent traveler credit.
On Hertz site, I found a form to fill out to get the credit, and it gave all its partner airlines as a choice.
They asked for name and address, that I hope was meant to be connected to the airline account.
They'll let me know within 24 hours if there's a problem.
Thank you. Was the rental yours? Please report back when it concludes.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #647 on: June 07, 2022, 02:16:51 PM »
I finally found the answer.


I called Hertz (got a rental from them) and the rep had no clue and told me I need to contact the airline.
Didn't seem right, so I poured over all of Dan's material and this thread and found tucked in somewhere that indeed, you contact the car rental to ask to claim your earned frequent traveler credit.
On Hertz site, I found a form to fill out to get the credit, and it gave all its partner airlines as a choice.
They asked for name and address, that I hope was meant to be connected to the airline account.
They'll let me know within 24 hours if there's a problem.

I tried this last week and although Hertz credited the mileage to my account, it was not retroactively applied. Airline does not agree to reinstate my expired miles since there T&C state that accrual must occur before expiration regardless of actual transaction date.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #648 on: June 09, 2022, 11:07:21 PM »
I tried this last week and although Hertz credited the mileage to my account, it was not retroactively applied. Airline does not agree to reinstate my expired miles since there T&C state that accrual must occur before expiration regardless of actual transaction date.

Anyone got any ideas?

Update: no luck with email or call center. Reached out directly to Lifemiles Loyalty Manager on LinkedIn and after short internal review had my mileage fully reinstated.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #649 on: June 26, 2022, 05:06:00 PM »
I just realized my Lifemiles expired in May. Does 3rd party rental credit work? If yes, I am looking for one that will work for lifemiles ASAP.
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #650 on: August 09, 2022, 07:42:58 PM »
Looking for a way to reinstate my hertz miles. I haven't used the account for 18 months
I haven't received from Dollar rental from last year and and I think I rented a car in Israel with Hertz but I cannot retrieve any email on it.
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #651 on: November 21, 2022, 05:38:16 PM »
I finally found the answer.


I called Hertz (got a rental from them) and the rep had no clue and told me I need to contact the airline.
Didn't seem right, so I poured over all of Dan's material and this thread and found tucked in somewhere that indeed, you contact the car rental to ask to claim your earned frequent traveler credit.
On Hertz site, I found a form to fill out to get the credit, and it gave all its partner airlines as a choice.
They asked for name and address, that I hope was meant to be connected to the airline account.
They'll let me know within 24 hours if there's a problem.
Did this reinstate your AA miles?

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #652 on: January 04, 2023, 11:29:54 PM »
If this thread is still alive ? I want to buy the rentals during July to December 2022 to reactivate my AA miles.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #653 on: April 20, 2023, 04:35:05 AM »
My wife had a significant amount of Marriott points that just expired.  Looking to buy a Hertz receipt from Sep 2022- Feb 22, 2023.  Will be a massive help and willing to pay good money.
Thanks!

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #654 on: April 20, 2023, 11:16:54 AM »
My wife had a significant amount of Marriott points that just expired.  Looking to buy a Hertz receipt from Sep 2022- Feb 22, 2023.  Will be a massive help and willing to pay good money.
Thanks!
How does this work? I have a rental receipt during that time but i am not familiar with this process...
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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #655 on: May 05, 2023, 09:56:52 AM »
I just realized my Lifemiles expired in May. Does 3rd party rental credit work? If yes, I am looking for one that will work for lifemiles ASAP.


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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #656 on: May 31, 2023, 10:23:16 AM »
Anyone have a recent hertz rental? I’m looking to extend my points that are expiring soon

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #657 on: August 08, 2023, 11:46:09 PM »
Looking for Avis or budget rentals to reinstate aa miles. Willing to pay.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #658 on: October 17, 2023, 09:59:56 PM »
Looking for a rental to reinstate AA miles. Willing to pay, never did this before so I would need to be walked through it.

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Re: Buy/Sell Past Car Rentals To Reactivate Expired Miles
« Reply #659 on: October 24, 2023, 08:32:18 PM »
Looking for rental to extend lifelimes expiring end of month.