Originally Posted by
sawastea
So booked my AAVacations from next Friday to the following Friday from MIA-HKG, via JFK. Total trip cost was a bit over $1K with hotels. Granted the flight is economy, but all marketed as AA which is good for me. In the middle of this flight, booked HKG-MIA RT and was able to use my two SWU for the entire trip ($680). Total trip was slightly over $1,700 but it should give me the 'bonus' AA Vacation miles (20K) as well as 40K BITS miles, at 4.2 cents per mile including hotel embedded. Booked MIA-CGK in September all marketed as AA for an additional 23K BITS with SWU at 3.4 cents per mile. BUT, now the final issue is that I'm $4K short of the EQD for EXP
You did take into account the special fare EQD for the AAVacations part, yes? Also, how did you book the non-AAV part? Might check and see if it's a bulk fare etc. You may be closer than you think. In any case, if you're still short the only remedy is to fly a bit more, preferably on a long-and-cheap business class ticket with a partner airline, or on a long-and-cheap economy AA flight bought as a bulk ticket.