Originally Posted by
Sweet Willie
did you guys really need some AA miles? I'm curious as the conversion seems a generate a pretty poor yield of AA miles (IMO).
The ratio is not that bad.
$10000 at Starwood yields me 30,000 Starpoints which is around 37500 miles (1 Starpoint = 1.25 miles).
The same spend at Hyatt yields 65,000 GP points which is around 32500 miles (1 GP point = 0.5 miles).
5000 miles difference. Both ratios assume you transfer in the increments triggering the bonus.
The program with a poor yield to airlines miles is Hilton.
As
yosithezet indicated, the miles are needed to get past AA's MM thresholds.