Originally Posted by
s0ssos
But having any goals for points is a bad strategy. Look at all the people who stocked up on AA miles, or AS miles?
AS miles are still great if you don't particularly care about flying routes where DXB is the most logical connecting point.
Some people love doing USA-DXB-Europe-DXB-USA because OMG showers and EK bling. I'd be considerably more "meh" about it. If I really really really REALLY want the shower and bling BKK-HKG-BKK in EK F is often less than $1000 USD.
FWIW, I was looking and seeing TONS of AA J availability for Europe in the spring via AA on the AS website. Yeah, I could probably fly ex-DUB or some BA sale for $1500-2000 or so, maybe. Of course I have to GET to DUB first, and dropping thousands of dollars on business class fares when I'm funding my own domestic travel with a couple thou a year doesn't strike me as awesome value. I'd rather spend the $2000 on domestic and then get the Europe/Asia longhaul premium travel as a once in 12 month bonus.
Oh, and I can still spend $120 on SEA-LAX on AS and get almost 2000 RDMs. Plus elite bonuses.