if you use the United , the balance will be 20k, which under most circumstances wont get you a rt in the usa
take the 100k from scott's acct
and bruce owes him 50k
if scott uses hh points then bruce can transfer 40k hh to scotts acct
then bruce has a 100k balance in his aa acct and now only owes Scott 30k airline miles
Originally Posted by
srallen
Help! Please help me solve this word problem:
Scott has:
American - 316,000
United - 120,000
Bruce has:
American - 120,000
Bruce and Scott travel together always.
Scott and Bruce are going on a trip using 2 50000 awards.
Scott and Bruce both accumlate miles on American through credit card purchase. Almost no miles are accumulated on United. Scott and Bruce do not accumulate miles by flying and do not fly frequently
Question - which is better, A or B:
A: Use Scott's United miles thus leaving enough on American for each person to get a 100,000 mile award and travel together and still have 200,000 left in Scott's AA account
B: Use Bruce's American miles thus leaving enough miles on United and American for future travel to cities not served by American.
I'm inclined to go with A since I do not anticipate accumulating any significant number of United miles in the future. Opinions?
thanks
Scott