SoCal-based, got 180000 Avios total for myself and on behalf of my SO, who's not big on flying even in comfort but is always happy to help my cause.
I opened both accounts solely for the promo and got the various e-mail messages of doom (which I replied to with relevant info); the Avios all posted yesterday and I made both bookings today:
(1) LAX-JFK-LAX in F on AA metal, 96000 Avios plus ~$20 (transferred Chase points to round it out), h/t to Ben from the One Mile at a Time blog for cluing me in to this possibility. A phone agent was able to book this for me today, but I did have to HUCA several times.
(2) LAX-MAD-LAX in J on IB metal, 85000 Avios plus ~$240. Planning to tack on paid LCC flights to get to/from Paris.
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