Originally Posted by
CDKing
Looking at the VA platinum, only having a passport and no flights credited to AS makes me think not US based.
I sorry but solely buying points and never flying, needs to stop. I think AS needs to add not only an account age limitation for buy miles but a credit X number of flights in order to do so
Maybe, but why? As long as AS is making money on the deal (i.e. the flights being redeemed are costing AS less than they are selling the miles for), it seems like a win-win for AS and the customer.
I guess those of us who actually earned our miles the old-fashioned way (flying and CC spend) stand to lose if inventory is all taken up by those who buy-miles-and-fly, but honestly, the shift from programs as loyalty drivers to profit centers in their own rights is a ship that has long since sailed.