Originally Posted by Ken in Phx
OK, out of stupidity, I want to say oops. My mistake on the math, I was working a few equations and obviously misfired with my numbers.
At .012 a mile, would someone be interested in earning 150k to take a flight 1st class to Tahiti or Australia for $1,800 out of pocket for travel?
Seems there are many options to buy miles at .004 or .006 a mile, which would be half that number?
Ken in Phx
Considering coach typically runs about $1400 to those destinations, $1800 for first class seems pretty decent. Not to mention Hawaii, which at just over $300 to upgrade from coach is a real bargain if you are in the Midwest or East Coast.
Other than wasting time on mileage runs (which is way more cost prohibitive than this option for many of us), where can one buy miles for .5 cents a mile? (no sarcasim intended, I am pretty new here and am slowly picking up tricks from all you gurus)
But on to the topic: it seems AA is perfectly willing to sell 1,000,000 miles and Lifetime Gold Status for $11,250 (and 2MM + Lifetime Platinum for $22,500). I would think many people would be interested in such deals. Since they are already willing to do it by virtue of this deal, maybe this could be a new Money Maker for AA?
I would certainly think long and hard about upgrading for life.