Originally Posted by
aristokrat
I need ~3400 miles to requalify for MVP and was sent the buy-up offer which I've never done before. I can get 4000 miles for $625 or 62.5K miles and I think I understand that paying cash is more efficient (i.e I could use those miles for a much more valuable award). Is this correct reasoning?
Correct. Of course, one question to ask is: do you actually have a history of using AS miles successfully where the awards were worth more than 1 cent per mile to you? And another question is: do you really value the benefits of MVP enough that you’d pay $625 for the benefits?
Finally, have you perhaps spent enough on an AS Visa to be close to earning 2k EQM for $10k in spend?
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