Originally Posted by
GrayAnderson
If I'd get the points regardless of showing up, 35:1 would be a pretty good showing in terms of either (1) hitting a threshold and/or (2) milking a bonus (e.g. the 30% LP bonus, which would drive the LP ratio up to about 45:1) with an eye towards hitting that threshold later. (45:1 plus, I suspect, 3 points per dollar on a CSR would tempt me to start doing some calculus on the value of SWUs and gunning for the 250k level since I think I'd be getting somewhere in the ballpark of 40-55% of the cost of the reservation back in RDMs. I don't think 400/550/750 would be worth the "drive", however.)
Yes, you do get the points for phantom stays. But there are also rules about the number (15K) of LPs per reservation. This thread has a lot of details on the BAAH booking process and quirks/deals.
We've done one phantom stay so far and got the LP plus the 30% bonus (RDMs don't really matter to us, just LP, so they don't figure into our calculus).
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ispreloading=1
Cheers.