Originally Posted by
beachfan
Appreciate the thought, but seems like a couple of flaws:
1) My source of BA miles is credit card spend. So in order to get the extra 20k, I'd have to spend about an additional $16k on the card.
Hmm. I assumed you had two 100k cards and we're planning on spending the miles. I'm not fond of the idea of spending to get more in this current climate in which better offers are aplenty.
2) $300 pp in business class from the Indian subcontinent to maldives? I'd be surprised if you could do it for double that. And it's an extra stop. And who wants to transfer in India if it isn't necessary (I was there last year and know exactly what's involved).
Since I was suggesting CX, you'd be coming from from the other direction (HKG or another logical connecting point). Honestly, I have no idea what it costs to get from there to there, but when I was living in PEK, I frequently saw Maldives vacation packages for around $1000.
If I am doing the 2% cashback addition, and add in the $75 credit card fee, I'm still getting TWO business class tickets for $1480 plus tax plus the existing 50k miles I currently have. I gotta think thats still a great deal. Not many options to MLE. Don't know how to search for best prices on that route, but it lists for $13,729 for two on BA.COM for dates in June (there were more expensive busienss class options)
You seem to be on the right track. While I couldn't dream of going for a companion cert (added mom and gmom at 100k each), it might work well in your case.