Originally Posted by
tpeflyer
Ok, you probably know where I am headed with this and pardon my attention span if this has already been brought up. Typically promos want you to jump through some revenue-enhancing hoops to earn miles. Miles to go, however, has some very easy ways to rack them up. Major miles for credit cards, survey views, and game playing.
It is great in the short term, but the devil's advocate in me says, what will happen in a few months when folks get all these miles racked up? With lower capacity and more miles out there, will redemption become more difficult than ever before? Are we looking at a major mile value dilution/inflation?
IHMO, no more so than ever. Look inherently miles are an ever devaluing currency and they can throw these promos all day long. I believe the most that you can get out of miles to go is what 50K correct? Will that buy one a WBC r/t to Europe/South America/Asia etc? Umm nope. Ok, will it buy you first class to HNL? Ummmmm nope. Would it even get you over either pond in the U Bucket both ways? Ummmm nope. Really not enough miles that in and of itself will cause devaluation. There are other much more worrisome forces at work that will cause devaulation/dilution, and we all know what those are. I don't think miles to go is really one of them. As always, YMMV. Safe travels.