I’d like a codeshare combo meal, supersize the miles, with a Dr. Pepper (no ice)

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Northwest Airlines’ latest gimmick: “Supersize” your frequent flyer mileage. If you pay an extra $20 over the normal price for tickets purchased on nwa.com, you’ll get an additional 1000 frequent flyer miles. See here for full details, terms, etc.

$20/1000 = 2 cents per mile. That’s not a great deal, but it’s better than the $95 they’re charging for 2500 miles in the regular “buy miles” offer.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 at 1:02 pm and is filed under frequent flyer miles, Northwest Airlines. You can subscribe to the comments left on this individual post through this RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “I’d like a codeshare combo meal, supersize the miles, with a Dr. Pepper (no ice)”

  1. Reader mail: Is it worth $20 to get 1000 bonus miles? » Upgrade: Travel Better says:
    August 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm |

    […] A year ago, Northwest Airlines started an identical offer. (They called it “supersizing.”) […]

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