Originally Posted by BigLar

Well, $300 bucks gets me, what? a transcon r/t? maybe 10,000 miles all told?

I'm qualifying for status with segments, and the only reason I worry about FF programs at all is so I can get miles to spend on ... all together now ... international premium seating.

Suppose I pull this off 10 times. That's $3000, or 350,000 miles (more or less). The three grand gets you one WBC seat (maybe, and you can't combine the vouchers anyhow), while the 300,000+ miles gets you three.