Originally Posted by
Phasers
I'd say $40-$45 a segment is really good. Top tier status on AA is achieved with 100 segments, so $4000-$4500. That's a fairly good price, equivalent to 4-4.5cpm on MRs for 100k miles (though you get a lot more miles will MRs vs SRs).
A critical point, one not to be overlooked. At 25K miles, you start getting a 25% bonus, and at 50K that bonus goes to 100%. Generally, it's much better to achieve status on miles.