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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by MilesMark
Would appreciate thoughts on this.....

To buy 20,000 SPG points costs $700.

So, 20,000 SPG points converts to 25,000 AA miles.
Adding the 35% premium adds 8,750
Putting the charge on SPG Amex adds 875 miles (converted later),
For a total of 34,625 AA miles,

At a price of $700, or 2.02 cents per mile.

Did I get that right? Anyone think that's worth doing?
Not quite, for 1 transfer of 20,000 SPG points you only get 25% bonus, to get 35% you have to transfer more than 20,000, in the same transaction. That changes the cpm.
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