How Are You Going to Use Your GS Miles?

Old Sep 16, 2011, 10:20 am
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Saver 60k r/t Envoy seats to Europe.
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Old Sep 16, 2011, 9:29 pm
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Have 60k now and awaiting 40k for the credit card....goal is 150k so that I can get a C ticket to PVG (with FRA/ZRH stopover)...and then two C tickets to Okinawa (with Tokyo stopover) for me + girlfriend.
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Old Oct 20, 2011, 8:15 am
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Just cashed in 20,000 GS miles for a last minute (6 hours out) economy ticket from MKE-BGR. Ticket would have been normally $550, so I think I got a pretty good value.
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Old Oct 20, 2011, 9:10 am
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First class trip to Canada from Europe...
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Old Oct 20, 2011, 9:45 am
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2 first class tickets to the Caribbean!
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Old Oct 20, 2011, 11:39 am
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Wait -- we get miles for doing this?
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Old Oct 24, 2011, 2:59 pm
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Originally Posted by beltway
Wait -- we get miles for doing this?
I'm just here for the biscoff spread.
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Old Oct 24, 2011, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by diljs
I'm just here for the biscoff spread.
Yeah, right -- and I'm just here to learn more about poetry readings in Charlotte.
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Old Oct 24, 2011, 7:40 pm
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I am burning as I earn,
i.e. booked a 55K F award to Cabo for later this week...

(to enjoy 11 nights at all-inclusive HI Resort,
which cost a grand total of 9K AA + $30... ^)
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Old Oct 24, 2011, 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by iamthehpt
Yeah, right -- and I'm just here to learn more about poetry readings in Charlotte.
Good luck, the last show I tried to buy tickets for was sold out
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Old Oct 25, 2011, 10:50 pm
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Family trip to HNL summer of 2013.
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Old Oct 27, 2011, 2:58 pm
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Hopefully I will use the miles from the GS + CC sign up bonus to go to Europe in LH F. Super hopefully they open up F on the A380!



Originally Posted by MrHalliday
(to enjoy 11 nights at all-inclusive HI Resort,
which cost a grand total of 9K AA + $30... ^)

Seriously? 11 nights all-inclusive for 9,000 miles? That seems wrong.....
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Old Oct 27, 2011, 3:03 pm
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Being one of those older folks you hear about, all 110K are going into the hopper for my 2013 or 2014 *A RTW in the highest class I can get myself into based on where I go.
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Old Oct 27, 2011, 7:59 pm
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J class BNE-CLT so we can attend next year's poetry slam! LOL

OK seriously................this year will see my husband's account with enough for J class BNE-SJO with stop in LAX (2013 trip) but since it's hard to get NZ in J class and I don't want to route via Asia this time it will probably be Y.

My account will be used for the BNE-Spain trip in 2014 probably in J but maybe F if there are enough promos between now and then.

I budget 2-3 years of Grand Slamming per 2 x J tickets and plan pretty far ahead. We also have AA miles from Citibank, SQ from Amex and DJ also from Amex and Visa so we won't be buying major tickets for many years to come although we will need the occasional LCC for short hops at times.
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Old Oct 28, 2011, 5:57 am
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Had 317k on the account from previous buy miles with x % off promos, and initially just wanted to top off the account to get to 360k in order to book 4 business tickets for the family to see the parents in winter. Now I'll end up with 140k from the promo... still toying with the idead to blow it all on 4 F tickets for 440k or save the 97k for a rainy day.
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