Originally Posted by
ridem
Numbers are better for MR. Assuming you start w/ no miles and log 100K miles for EXP, you should get 200K miles plus all of the benefits you get from being EXP. The 200K miles will get you 4 RT in first in the US and 2 RT bus international. If the MR costs $5K, it's a great deal
Is that calculation correct? If you start with no miles and MR to 100k, will you end up with 200k? I'm not an AA guy yet, but my understanding is you'd get the bonus of the tier you're on during the flight - meaning those first 25k miles will only net a 25% bonus. So if you MR 0-100k, you end up with 181250?
I still agree with the premise, though.