Originally Posted by
HansGolden
If you apply on the same day, none of the requests will see the other requests, so you should be good to go! Always apply for cards in batches every 3-6 months. If you get approved for all of the above (and I think you will), then you would have 150K AA and 125K CO. That's enough for a business class ticket to Europe on Star Alliance (with Continental miles). With AA miles 2.5 trips in domestic First to Cancun or 6 off-peak coach tickets to Cancun or 4+ on-peak coach trips to Cancun.
Thanks to all of you for your replies thus far.
My questions are going to be very "beginner-ish" so please bear with me!
For the 150K AA miles - I went the American Airlines website and selected a flight next May for travel from ORD-CUN and selected the option to use frequent flyer miles. I assume that all AA miles need be redeemed on the AA website?
There were four options: Econ. MilesAAver, Economy AAnytime, Business/First MilesAAver, and Business/First AAnytime. Are all of those options for me? What's the difference between MilesAAver and AAnytime? Would I still need to pay for taxes, etc.? If so, how much should I expect that to be?
For the CO miles - I'm not sure what you mean by "on Star Alliance". I would still be booking that flight on the CO website, correct?
How do you transfer miles? And how do I know what programs I can transfer miles between?
Thank you!