Originally Posted by
Antarius
No kidding. For fun I ran 250 1972 dollars through the inflation calculator and that's ~1470 USD. Which will get you 2-3 years in the AAdmirals club now (2-3 as the price varies by status)
Yeah but most people's 50-year investment strategy isn't just to keep pace with inflation. If he had put in in any decent index fund, the $250 would be worth tens of thousands. The real question is whether the poster would have come out ahead investing that amount and then buying annual memberships, but that's definitely a calculation I'm not willing to do here. (My guess is the poster came out ahead)
