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Oct 28, 2021 | 7:36 pm

#705

Alex_I

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: Everywhere

Programs: AA EXP - 4MM, Bonv LIFETIME Titan, HH Dmd, Hyatt Glob., Priority Clb Dmd, Ntnl Exec El., Sixt PLT

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Originally Posted by lsquare

I suspect it won't be that easy. While $200k is a lot of money, I can totally see someone parking $200k with Bask; if they can get tremendous value out of EXP provided they still get the 30 segments in. I think AA will get more from someone spending $200k on a CC than $200k parked with Bask. Hopefully, there will be some clarification soon. I will admit, if I can at a minimum earn EXP-lite with Bask, I would seriously consider parking $200k with Bask.

AA makes $ by selling miles to "partners". It is very likely that there is only little variation in prices based on the amount. But even than Citi would be the largest customer and AA would make less money/miles by selling miles to Citi vs. smaller Bask, etc. So I do not see how AA would make more money by selling miles to CC.
Of course, AA also benefits from selling miles as CC signup bonus. The reason they are excluding that is not to encourage switching the cards as soon as possible.

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