FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Spend Miles vs. Dollars?

Jan 30, 2009 | 2:51 pm

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mirobatka

Join Date: Aug 2008

Posts: 380

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamecock

Pay the fare, do a PLT Challenge, and reap the benefits of elite status until next March.

Once you are a PLT you'll rack up double miles and be on your way to 1st class tickets to Australia, which is more arduous flight than ORD-FRA.

That's what I would do.....

All the AA fares to Europe I've seen are in S,O,Q,N classes, which only earn 0.5 elite-qualifying points towards a challenge. So you'd have to make two trips for a PLT challenge.

Also, transatlantic Q fares used to be ineligible for challenges. Perhaps this is still the case?

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