Originally Posted by
oblisk
...But seeing the variability of one person 12k spend gets 210k miles vs. a 50k+ spend only getting 200k miles. Its a little disheartening, that the reward slopes can be inverted.
Exactly. I'm likely to hit my thresholds via normal spend (roughly double my $11K YTD spend) but the idea that my fiance is getting nearly the same amount of bonus miles basically for our one business class ticket to Europe this summer is a little tough to swallow. I can totally understand how a GS who's spend is 4x my own likely ~$20K annual spend would be equally as ruffled by my offer relative to theirs.