Originally Posted by ExitRowAisle

Anyone who is willing to speculatively buy 80,000 US Airways miles should either A) have $1,100 in their bank account to pay the bill while he/she waits for the Venture bonus points to post, or B) be willing to pay $18 per month in interest while he/she waits for the Venture bonus points to post. The other alternative is to just wait for the bonus points to post before you dive head-first into this purchase, but if you can't afford to pursue either of the first two choices, I have to wonder whether going long in airline funny money is the best use of apparently scarce resources.