Originally Posted by chobby100
Well, actually it's to get the best return (miles or $) but i would love to get miles (this is milesbuzz after all). I did read through those offers and am hoping to see if others have vetted the programs. had success or failure. Been hit with a minimum time or socked with a large withdrawl fee. Please keep the suggestions coming. the thoughts on miles per dollar at bankdirect and superior savings are great. I also like the ameitrade spg offer. Maybe I'll move it around some.
Well--I can say that I used AA's real estate partner when I sold a condo in Chicago a couple of years ago.
I pretty well knew that it would sell quickly and it was a company transfer, so the realtor fee was covered by my company.
So it was a no brainer to pick a realtor in their network and I think I got about 100,000 miles on the sale. AA was very good about keeping in contact with me and checking to make sure that I was satisfied with the realtor's service.
I wished I would have investigated the mortgage side a bit more and used AA mortgage partners. I could have gotten pretty much the same rate as others were charging and I would have yielded another chunk of miles.
And the realtor and mortgage aspects are independent of whatever you do with your down payment money.
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