Originally Posted by
bbriscoe34
I have a certain amount of spend planned on my credit cards, but I will hit my credit limit before I get to the next tier.
I don’t have any business travel planned next month, but I could book some personal travel and have plenty of AMEXMR points that I could pay for revenue tickets with. But where can I find good deals on that travel site? Often it seems like they’re cash/points Prices are a lot higher than just paying cash out right on aa.con then cashing my MR points out for dollars.
Any sweet spots in that redemption method or other ways to get and extra 10-15k LPs?
You may also consider the eshopping portal if you are going to spend cash. I have no status with AA currently, but on the way to reaching gold this qualifying year. With purchases made with cash via the portal in addition to a couple of flights, I will reach gold spending less than $4,100. If I had just concentrated on spending flights alone, I would have had to spend at least $8K to reach gold. I concentrated on stuff I would normally have purchased and things I was going to purchase anyhow.