Jan 2012 buy miles bonus
Jan 1, 2012, 1:34 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,522
Jan 2012 buy miles bonus
Now that 2012 has rolled around, AA has replaced their previous bonus offer with a new one:
Purchases of 2,000-5,000 miles will receive a bonus of 500 miles
Purchases of 6,000-11,000 miles will receive a bonus of 2000 miles
Purchases of 12,000-39,000 miles will receive a bonus of 4000 miles
Purchases of 40,000 miles will receive a bonus of 15000 miles
Purchases of 2,000-5,000 miles will receive a bonus of 500 miles
Purchases of 6,000-11,000 miles will receive a bonus of 2000 miles
Purchases of 12,000-39,000 miles will receive a bonus of 4000 miles
Purchases of 40,000 miles will receive a bonus of 15000 miles
Jan 1, 2012, 8:13 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT
Posts: 8,658
Wow. So fast 
I guess they are so desperate for cash.
I guess they are so desperate for cash.
Jan 1, 2012, 2:27 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Home: Arlington, VA; Home airports: IAD/DCA/BWI
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Posts: 4,095
They did that last year too. The 15k bonus for 40k miles is great! 
Jan 1, 2012, 3:14 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 266
how long does it take to post miles when purchasing?
I'm a few miles short and have a reward ticket on hold. will eventually decide whether to purchase the additional miles, or take my mom up on the offer of using her points for the entire ticket (and compensating her for the points, FWIW)
I'm a few miles short and have a reward ticket on hold. will eventually decide whether to purchase the additional miles, or take my mom up on the offer of using her points for the entire ticket (and compensating her for the points, FWIW)
Jan 1, 2012, 3:18 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Home: Arlington, VA; Home airports: IAD/DCA/BWI
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Posts: 4,095
how long does it take to post miles when purchasing?
I'm a few miles short and have a reward ticket on hold. will eventually decide whether to purchase the additional miles, or take my mom up on the offer of using her points for the entire ticket (and compensating her for the points, FWIW)
I'm a few miles short and have a reward ticket on hold. will eventually decide whether to purchase the additional miles, or take my mom up on the offer of using her points for the entire ticket (and compensating her for the points, FWIW)
Jan 1, 2012, 4:09 pm
#7
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 7,710
Someone who bought the maximum miles yesterday and the maximum today would now be able to book a round-trip to Asia in CX F for around ~$3,000 total cost. The cash price for those flights would be at least $25,000.
Jan 1, 2012, 4:16 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Slightly to the left of center
Posts: 3,475
And of course using an AA card for the purchase will add more value to this deal as well.
Jan 1, 2012, 5:16 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Texas
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 42
great deal? We hope so!
We bought the max miles yesterday. We're adopting 2 kiddos from China, and have been saving miles for well over 2 years now! Our dream is to fly back from Hong Kong with them in business class. We've saved a lot of miles but we are having tons of trouble finding Award seats on the flights we want over and back...and our dates are flexible within 5 days on either side! We're also willing to fly out of other AA cities in China like Beijing and Shanghai. It's kind of discouraging thought we haven't given up hope yet!
Jenn!
Jenn!
Jan 1, 2012, 5:28 pm
#11
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 301
Do you all advise buying the max miles per year? It seems that if you can take advantage of buying miles i.e. 40k+15k bonus @ 1100 a year, the savings of redeeming them for a FC RT ticket to NRT for example are great. In 2 years and a CC bonus. You can fly very cheap Thoughts? I bought two sets of 22k+6k last week for a BC ticket to Europe. I value my miles more than the class so for me It was worth using 40k for the economy seat and buying miles for the upgrade.
Jan 1, 2012, 7:15 pm
#12
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA AAdvantage, CO OnePass, DL SkyMiles, JetBlue TrueBlue, UA MileagePlus
Posts: 47
Jan 1, 2012, 8:21 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA CK, SPG Plt, Marriott Plt, Hyatt Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 443
Well not really because buyAAmiles and giftAAmiles transactions are limited to a combined maximum of 40,000 miles, per account, per calendar year. I guess you could save a couple of years.
Jan 1, 2012, 8:50 pm
#14
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Jan 1, 2012, 8:58 pm
#15
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Dallas, TX
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