Originally Posted by
mfirst
Boghopper - I assume you mean $190k - and I dont mean to be snarky or make assumptions, but I remember when my Father was doing big time UA flying INT and we (his family) were constantly cleaning out his miles - but that was all PMUA and he was flying CLE-China a lot) - but with that spend you are probably clearing about 2m "points" a year (11x) not including bonuses, credit card, etc - that is a lot of award flights, even with devaluations/etc, even up front - at that point, what "value" is gifting status?
... that is a lot of "pay yourself back"
wanna adopt me?
-m
You’re right, 190k. sorry, we’re full up at the moment. Between Int’l family vacations and national traveling team sports you’d be surprised how fast those miles disappear.
the ability to use PP on award tickets, and the fact that they clear pretty often, is a compelling proposition for GS, even for incremental travel far beyond qualification. The 11x and 20/3k keep rolling in. Every intl trip is just about enough miles/pp to book an award ticket and upgrade it. Sometimes less, sometimes quite a bit more when it’s one of those last minute 12k one ways.