The normal cost to share miles is one cent per mile, plus a 7.5 percent tax, plus a $30 transaction

The normal cost to share miles is one cent per mile, plus a 7.5 percent tax, plus a $30 transaction four seasons hotel seattle fee. So with the bonus, a 50,000-mile transfer will net 100,000 miles for the recipient, for $567.50. In effect, you're purchasing 50,000 miles at a cost of about 1.13 cents apiece.
If you do have US Airways miles, and your goal is to give someone an award ticket, four seasons hotel seattle the most cost-effective way to do so is simply to redeem your miles for a ticket issued in the name of the recipient. four seasons hotel seattle There's no need to pay to transfer the miles at all.
Nevertheless, purchasing discounted US Airways miles and redeeming them for premium-cabin international flights on Star Alliance airlines can still make for outsized return-on-investment opportunities.
In assessing the past couple of US Airways buy-miles promotions, part of the calculation has been that any current US Airways miles were almost certainly destined to become four seasons hotel seattle American miles as a result of the two airlines' planned merger. The outlook for the merger has become considerably murkier, four seasons hotel seattle with the Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit casting four seasons hotel seattle doubt on the tie-up.