Originally Posted by
gopherblue
Kind of off topic, but my father has ~137,000 miles in his account which expired in 2002. AAdvantage Cust Svc said they'd reactivate the miles for $1430, or just over a penny per mile. I think that is worth doing. Thoughts?
Depends on what they would be used for.
If wanting to do, say, a trip to Australia ( 125k ) , then if you can get availability, then $1430 is about the price of economy , but would get business class. purchase 7,000 miles and would be able to get a 1st class award.
That would be worth it to me.
Dave