Originally Posted by
onfo
I'm currently ~$600 short of hitting the $5k threshold and unlocking my ~4,400 points with no flights planned between now and 12/15. Any workaround / easy way to redeem out short of buying a $600 ticket and flying it before 12/15?
A month ago I had ~3,300 BE points and $4,985 in spending. I wanted to use the points for a 3,100 point upgrade for a trip mid Nov. No dice in getting a pass on the spend requirement, i tried with BE and AAdvantage CS. $15 farkin dollars. I did a miles and copay upgrade instead. The flight in question posted to BE, now I am over $5k in spend, but with no near term travel planned I am just sweeping the BE points into RDM at the 1:6 ratio. Basically I get back the 25k RDMs I used for the upgrade but am out the $550 copay. C'est la vie. What are you going to use the BE points for? If RDM conversion I don't think ~27k miles is worth $600. Maybe find someone who is traveling anyway and get them to add your BE number to their booking? Good luck, it is frustrating seeing something of value die on the vine.