Originally Posted by
atflyer
Maybe a final thing to consider - apparently just 60k miles are at stake, if used wisely having a value of about 600 Euro. But many uses such as buying SAF or donations to a good cause only give half that value, 2000 miles per Euro. Then any mileage run thrown in to save the miles should be really cheap, also given the uncertainties expressed above that the miles will be re-instated....otherwise you pay more as the value you (hopefully) get back. Or the flight you take should not be purely a mileage run but is useful in some way, e.g. holidays or a family visit.
Good advice. I do see the 60K miles as equivalent to ~$500-700 in value I'm trying to "retrieve". Lots of good advice given above on where I can fly as a pure mileage run. I've looked at flying to New York city and make a day/weekend of it. but I really don't feel like visiting that city at this moment... Atlanta has almost a repulsion to me (sorry if I offend anywhere from there). I also considered a one way to Denver (DEN) using Delta and then flying a ultra-low-cost airline like Frontier back. Denver is more interesting since I can rent a car and visit their local mountains for a day or three. But I want to make the flight(s) worthwhile. I'm in the middle of some work stuff...but hope to clear up a week in September to fly out-west. It won't be as cheap as a mileage run to Chicago/Denver/NewYork/Atlanta/Batimore, but it will be fun and worthwhile.
I'm also getting my new KLM credit card and should quickly meet the spending limit (before end of August). So I'll at least try to call in and ask them nicely to resurrect my miles... if anything... a data point for the collective here. :-)