如题,今天(July 11,2024)收到了avianca的邮件,说开始测试转点GOL的活动了,具体的邮件和内容如下:
Hi XXX, Starting today, you have the ability to convert your miles from lifemiles to Smiles; the loyalty program & currency of avianca’s sister airline GOL. You will need to have a Smiles account to convert your miles. If you are not yet a member you can join for free. This benefit facilitates the ability to redeem your miles for flights in GOL’S air partners, in case you don’t find the flights you are looking for with avianca & avianca’s air partners. For now, this is a temporary benefit. We will evaluate the results in a few months, and if it goes well the benefit may continue being available in the future.
转点的比例目前是3:1,也就是50000的lifemiles能换150000的GOL点数smiles,但这个比例是monthly的,每个月都可能不一样。另外smiles有12个月的使用期限,不过过期前可以再转换回lifemiles。
An exchange rate, updated monthly, will be used to convert your lifemiles to Smiles. For example, if you need 150,000 Smiles for your redemption, and the applicable exchange rate at the time is 3:1, then you’ll need to convert 50,000 lifemiles.
Once your lifemiles are converted to Smiles, you’ll have 12 months to use them before they expire. In case you don’t use them, you can convert them back to lifemiles before they expire at the exchange rate that applies at that time.
GOL是一家巴西的航空公司,网上的信息不是很多。但是根据官方网站的描述,除了可以换一些星盟伙伴比如Air France,KLM,Air Canada之外,竟然还可以换AA!我在smiles网页注册了一个账号,发现美国境内AA兑换亮点还是蛮多的,比如ORD-DEN的AA就有很多的availability,部分日期只要19200 smiles,按照3:1的比例来兑换的话只要6400 lifemiles,比近期大贬值的短途王BA(17000 Avios)要划算不少,(注:19200miles需要成为smiles club member才行,smiles club member最便宜的方案每个月$10左右。另外取消需要支付$180的费用)。
只可惜smiles网站目前似乎只支持葡萄牙语,用谷歌翻译浏览时不时会有bug出现(比如不能进到下一页,必须得取消翻译才能继续等等),邮件里给的转点链接我这边也暂时用不了。不过考虑到lifemiles的来源比较多(TYP,MR),经常还有转点bonus活动,我还是很希望avianca能把这个项目推广开来的。
Update 1:
刚才把lifemiles和smiles的账号链接上了,目前转点的比例是2.923411 顺手换了60000点lifemiles。大家可以先注册一个smles账号然后试试这个通用链接看看能不能成功。
关于smiles点数的用法,可以参考
Update 2:
可以用农贸市场查看smiles的兑换
几个用smiles定aa的小经验,ymmy:
Update 3:
目前看这次是targeted的活动,如果你收到avianca/lifemiles的邮件的话,可以先试试看能不能转点,没有收到邮件的话估计只能再等一等了 不过根据avianca的邮件来看他们还是想推进这个项目的,希望不久之后就有好消息。