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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 5:26 pm
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Not a lot of benifit in churning:

e.g. AA to HHonors:
  • 25K AA miles becomes 50K Hhonors points @1:2,
  • 50K HHonors points becomes 7.5K AA Miles at 10000:1500
...
So Churning 100K AA miles:
  • 100K AA->200K HH
  • 200K HH-> 30K AA (Nett 130K AA)
  • 30K AA-> 60K HH
  • 60K HH-> 7½K AA (Nett 137½K AA)
  • 7½K AA-> 15K HH
  • 15K HH-> 2¼K AA (Nett 139¾K AA)
(NB non-elite status AAdvantage members must have a minimum available mileage balance of 25,000 miles in order to complete a transaction)
Also, each AA->HH transfer costs $30.
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