Originally Posted by
remyontheroad
Title says it all.
Just upgraded to the Amex Plat (not DL) which gives me the $200 credit with the airline.
The agent told me it's by calendar year, so I have 2 weeks to spend it, then it resest.
He suggested buying everyone on the plane a drink - which isn't a terrible idea (I have a flight xmas eve!) - but I'm trying to be a little practical.
Can I buy lounge passes for future use? Or anything else durable?
Interested in hearing your creative ideas.
Thanks.
-R
I use my $200 up on drinks/food over the course of a year.
I don't know what value lounge passes would be anyway since it's a benefit of the card.
Buying EVERYONE a drink on the flight would run far beyond $200; at $7 each, you've got 28 drinks to give out (rounding down). Assuming a 6-abreast plane in Y, you've got enough to buy a drink for 4 rows, plus 2 for yourself. Adjust the math accordingly for whatever aircraft you'll be on. To make it easy for the FAs, it would have to be the first 4 rows or the last 4 rows.