<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Aphrodite91:
So here's what I don't understand. $50 e-rewards gets you 3000 HHonors points or 2500 AA miles. However, HHonors lets you convert AA miles into HHonors points at a 2:1 rate, which means the 2500 miles are worth 5000 HHonors points. Am I missing something or is taking HHonors points for e-rewards directly not really a good deal?</font>
What you're missing is that you can ONLY get the 2500 AA miles from erewards if you have a qualifying flight on AA! Some of us don't fly AA very often but like to accumulate some AA miles nonetheless (for redemption purposes and because all AA miles, whether flight or bonus, count towards million-miler status). The AA offer is worthless for people like us.
Kathy