Is 250,000 AA miles considered a lot????
Oct 26, 2008, 3:06 pm
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Brilliant question. That's EXACTLY the issue that's often missed when people ponder the riddle of "how much are miles worth?"
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.
Oct 26, 2008, 3:10 pm
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I have to use the miles to purchase 4 tickets at a time for the family so I was thinking of doing 4 rt on Alaska to Vancouver from SFO for the olympics and then 4 rt. to Hawaii.
Would that be a good value for the miles?
What is the required miles to travel to London in coach?
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Would that be a good value for the miles?
What is the required miles to travel to London in coach?
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There are offpeak Y awards to Europe at 40k per...
Oct 26, 2008, 4:01 pm
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To the OP's original question - I was once in the FRA AC, and the gentleman using the computer at the next desk had his current AAdvantage balance of 13,000,000 miles showing on the screen 
Oct 26, 2008, 4:35 pm
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Brilliant question. That's EXACTLY the issue that's often missed when people ponder the riddle of "how much are miles worth?"
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.
I wouldn't be purchasing F or even J anyway, so I'm not really saving that money as I wouldn't be spending it. I'm blissfully unaware of what I'm missing out on.
Oct 26, 2008, 5:04 pm
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Didn't the investment banker on the CNBC documentary have something like 31,000,000 miles.
Oct 26, 2008, 5:42 pm
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Oct 26, 2008, 5:47 pm
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Oct 26, 2008, 6:08 pm
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Oct 26, 2008, 6:37 pm
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Oct 26, 2008, 7:34 pm
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I have enjoyed this thread and the discussion that the op created. Thanks.
I have about 230,000 miles since joining AAAdvantage in April from a combination of travel on CX to Asia on business and using an AA affinity visa.
I will continue to be traveling to Asia for the next couple of years so my plan is to use the points for my wife to be able to accompany me on some trips. The 230K will take care of one or two trips depending on the intra Asia travel involved. But I will need to continue to accumulate points at about the same rate to "fund" future trips, which is part of the deal with my wife that allowed me to take the job . So for me 250K is not a lot.
I have about 230,000 miles since joining AAAdvantage in April from a combination of travel on CX to Asia on business and using an AA affinity visa.
I will continue to be traveling to Asia for the next couple of years so my plan is to use the points for my wife to be able to accompany me on some trips. The 230K will take care of one or two trips depending on the intra Asia travel involved. But I will need to continue to accumulate points at about the same rate to "fund" future trips, which is part of the deal with my wife that allowed me to take the job . So for me 250K is not a lot.
Oct 26, 2008, 7:44 pm
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Indeed. I myself have 250k+ miles banked. I plan on using them for Y tickets for my gf and myself. I'm sure many here would say that's a bad use of miles, and I agree to an extent. But I would rather take a trip to Hawaii, a trip to Europe, and a trip to Asia on those miles rather than take one F trip somewhere. They're worth more to me to go more places rather than taking one trip in F. The only way I'd use them for a premium class trip is on a Oneworld award.
I wouldn't be purchasing F or even J anyway, so I'm not really saving that money as I wouldn't be spending it. I'm blissfully unaware of what I'm missing out on.
I wouldn't be purchasing F or even J anyway, so I'm not really saving that money as I wouldn't be spending it. I'm blissfully unaware of what I'm missing out on.
If I don't have the money or miles, I stay home. But, I'm fortute to have a bit of both, so I can usually go where where I want.
Oct 27, 2008, 12:28 am
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i think its kind of a lot. If you don't have use for them let me know and i'll purchase some off of you.
Oct 27, 2008, 12:59 am
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Brilliant question. That's EXACTLY the issue that's often missed when people ponder the riddle of "how much are miles worth?"
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.
The worth of your miles is determined by your willingness to pay -- in cash -- for the services redeemed with those miles. Not the actual price of those services as charged by the airlines.