rob_flies_ua

You can only earn a max of 100 miles per month from the toolbar searches.

scubadu

Ah, well there you go, even less impactful on the end game then...

Regards

rayfes

Much appreciated uszkanni! I think I'm going to pass on putting $60k in a 2 yr CD there. It'll mean I'll need to earn that amount in base miles after 12/1 but that's ok.

I posted in that thread but it may be useful here for people to see the email response I received this morning about early withdrawal penalties:

Time Account Information: Your account will mature for the term as shown on the face of the Certificate of Deposit. If you withdraw any of the principal before the maturity date, we may impose a penalty. For maturities up to 90 days, the early withdrawal penalty will be 30 days interest plus 3% of the principal amount withdrawn. For maturities greater than 90 days but less than 1 year, the early withdrawal penalty will be 90 days of interest plus 3% of the principal amount withdrawn. For maturities greater than 1 year, the early withdrawal penalty will be 180 days of interest plus 5% of the principal amount withdrawn. The annual percentage yield assumes the interest earned will remain on deposit until maturity. A withdrawal will reduce earnings. This account will automatically renew at the then current rate. You will have 10 days after the maturity date to withdraw funds without penalty. REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF MILES AWARDED MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE CD TERM IS NOT FULFILLED.

oldpenny16

8 AA miles per $ spent.

I just donated to the Arlington Life Shelter milk project via Groupon Dallas. http://www.groupon.com/deals/gt-arli..._purchase=true

A $10 donation gets you 80 AA miles which post quickly based on past experience.

Of course you can donate more than $10 (in multiples of $10).

Yes folks, all AA miles count and do add up until 12/1/2011. Even the 100 miles a month for AA eshopping SEARCH and BING search.

I'm trying to get enough AA miles in my account by 12/1/2011 to make it the rest of the way to 2MM by flying over the next couple years.

ckg1999

All - need some advice.

Sitting at 650kish LT miles. I have 180k SPG points and haven't opened a CitiBank AA card in 4 years. What would you do in my shoes?

Thanks for the advice!

gottaluvNW

Simultaneously apply for a Citi Amex and Citi Visa card. Thats 150k miles right there bringing you up to 800k. Now buy 40k miles to receive 50k. Thats 850k.

The rest - you can decide whether its worth parting with 120k of your beloved SPG points.

Nanook

I'm sort of in your shoes as far as miles to accumulate to get to the next level. I'm short 400K miles of being Plat for Life. I did the math and to me, it's just not worth the expense to go after it. I don't want to give up all my SPG points, I don't want to buy stuff unnecessarily, etc.

In fact, I've been concentrating on building up my UA/CO miles, so that's where my money will go.

y2chen

He can only buy 40k miles now, since the 25% bonus miles promotion expired last night.

ckg1999

How long do the miles take to post from the CC offers? Trying to see how long I have to spend that much.

I just want to get *close*.

aleksir

If you're EXP I would churn a couple of the CITIcards, hold on to SPG points and wait two years to make it BIS. You won't need LT Gold until you drop your business travel anyways.

volkswankin

Could this Amtrak 50% bonus be helpful?

"Buy points and add to your Amtrak Guest Rewards® account to redeem for the reward you’ve been working toward. And if you purchase 5,000 or more Amtrak Guest Rewards points September 1–30, 2011, you’ll automatically receive a 50% bonus on the amount of points purchased."
Will also work if you buy gift points for friends/family.

https://amtrakguestrewards.com/points/buy

IkeEsq

If you get the two Citi AA Personal cards now, and apply for the business card in 60 days, you could rake in ~230K miles. Miles post ~2 days after close of statement. It will be a bit tight but could work out.

ckg1999

Makes perfect sense. Thanks! Always good to get an outsider's view

ejh25

FYI, Amex rewards has a 25% bonus to transfer from Amex to SPG right now. Still doesn't net a great transfer rate but for this purpose it's worth it to me.

DaveOKC

Am I doing something wrong or did AA just RAISE the price to buy miles (I am not talking about the bonus offer, just the normal one for say 10,000 miles)?