Originally Posted by
bobert24
Wow. This makes no sense at all.
Actually, reading your original report, did you ask for 20k, or did you ask to be matched to 70k? If you asked for 20k, this makes no sense. If you asked to be matched to 70k, that's exactly what they did, since your 50k/3k + 10k/10k offer has a maximum bonus of 60k.
I used this line posted by another user here, edited very slightly from 15,000 to 20,000: "Hi, Would you as a one time courtesy provide a match of +20,000 AA miles to match the higher offer that is available at 70,000 miles?"
Seems my flaw was not foreseeing they would see 70,000 and then split the difference between 60,000 as my max, not the 50,000. In retrospect, I can see why they would do this. Oh well, first world problems.