Originally Posted by
Nitehawk
I think he means he spent 40cpm, which is pretty high.
Lloydbraun1976 you spent 29.5cpm, significantly better, depending on what you're going for. Ideally one would spend 20,000 SQD exactly, and fly as much as they need to, so 20cpm or less. In your case 10cpm for 200k sqm would be perfect, unless you really place value on priority rewards.
[MENTION=155949]Nitehawk[/MENTION] ...I don't understand as I have no target for AC spend as it is what it is.
Can you please explain why would an exact 20k target be relevant - should I stop flying AC when I reach this number? and how would one go about achieving what you consider perfect without considerable jumping through hoops and possibly wildly exaggerated indirect routings that I have neither time nor inclination to pursue? Plus, If priority rewards aren't available in my account when I book a companion ticket, and we only fly J on AC, then I just buy my spouse's ticket in J if I consider the Aeroplan spend exorbitant.
But isn't this Bulletin Board suppose to be about posting year end AC account, rather than making some statement about the good or bad of what folks do in the past year ? Accordingly, really not sure what point you and WildcatYXU are trying to make.
Originally Posted by
karachi
97200 SQM
$6522 SQD
Got off the AC bandwagon and did not go out of my way to fly them. Took better deals with TK, BR, EK and other non *A. Mostly all long haul J. Aftre 15+ years of SE, got busted down to Elite (lifetime)
[MENTION=31638]karachi[/MENTION] ...Completely agree. AC just convenient because of where I live and AC flying only about half of total, which includes both mainline and low-cost alternatives that do the job just fine.
miles/spend just an arbitrary ratio as what matters more that cannot be quantified here is the AC spend vs AC generated aggravation even with the Concierge, which has led me to flying a lot elsewhere.
happy new year