Originally Posted by
drvannostren
I still feel like the lounge passes are largely useless.
I've struggled to give mine away for the past few years as an elite.
I'm not really in the AC FFP anymore, I'm 35k now, but I'll be 0 next year. Is the 100k AQD still $20,000? Not to hijack a thread at all, but I couldn't imagine spending that on AC metal alone (or the confusing ticket stock thing) as any kind of leisure traveler, even a corporate traveler it seems would have to be in paid j or last minute y all the time to make it.
I've had no issue giving my passes away. Last year I gave away my roommate's too, and he had like 15.
The "confusing ticket stock thing" is that it must be ticketed on 014, or the flight must be operated by AC. Same as UA.
$20k does not require buying J, though it can certainly help. This year, most my paid J trips have been WELL under 20cpm. Heck, most are under 5cpm.
Aside from a SFO-YVR fare I bought for like $250 in P (a bit over 30cpm), but even that was a negligible upfare from Flex.