Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
so you spent $107K per year for 2 years, and now are going to spend $87K in 2 months?
or are you counting flight points that you cant redeem yet?
also..
NH 120K EU-Asia F
lets say it costs $10K, that means 1 million TYN right?
500K flight points plus $500K spending matches = both are redeemable
starwood card earns at about 1.25 meaning $96K spending. (not counting starwood bonus)
5X spending required, plus flying 500K miles
Way less than 107k in actual spending...remember that Thank you merchants also offer extra points for shopping with them....actual spending for the yr 2005 which includes Chairman and Premier Pass which came to approx 85,300 and some change...also, with Premier Pass I did not earn the extra point as you would with Chairman...I have had the Chairman since Sept 2005....
I am counting some miles that I have not yet earned but have been booked....for this yr since I have yet to take the flight...
I am earning approx 4-5 pt per dollar spent...so a biz class ticket to Bombay is 165,000/4 = $41250 in actual spending for me...for others it might be a bit different.....and I get my pick of airline...which earns me FF miles in C class since they actually buy me a ticket...
I do not think that Starwood could beat this...