# So, what can I do with these Worldperks points?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-can-i-do-with-these-worldperks-points/439946 "2008-03-03T19:01:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-can-i-do-with-these-worldperks-points/439946/1 "2008-03-03T19:01:22Z")

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When I worked in Aerospace I flew quite regularly with NorthWest Airlines. I now have about 20,000 points leftover - not enought to fly anywhere by themselves and I don’t fly Northwest anymore - mostly Air Canada.  
I have alreasy checked with NWA - nothing but flight rewards.

Any thoughts?

I have already checked with [Points.com](http://Points.com), they don’t trade NWA WorldPerks.

I may just have to bite the bullet and pay to have the balance high enough to fly…

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**Author:** ![wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@wouldn\_t\_you\_like\_to\_know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wouldn_t_you_like_to_know)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-can-i-do-with-these-worldperks-points/439946/2 "2008-03-03T19:50:19Z")

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If you are in a giving mood, you can always donate them.

[http://www.givespot.com/ask/flyer.htm](http://www.givespot.com/ask/flyer.htm)

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-can-i-do-with-these-worldperks-points/439946/3 "2008-03-03T20:07:32Z")

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Northwest occasionally has specials where you can use cash plus miles to get a reduced ticket. You don’t need loads of miles to do that–say, 10,000 miles plus $150, that kind of arrangement. I thought they also recently announced a deal where you could do miles for one half of a round trip, and moolah for the way home. That’s essentially the same as a cash + miles deal, I guess.

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**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-can-i-do-with-these-worldperks-points/439946/4 "2008-03-03T23:02:58Z")

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You could always go for a lot of [magazine subsriptions](https://nwa.mpmvp.com/magazine/choose.asp). That seems to be one of the few non flight options offered by NWA.