Any secret non-BIS million-miler miles?
Sep 18, 2014, 11:07 am
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Any secret non-BIS million-miler miles?
AFAIK only BIS miles count toward million-mile goals now so a mile on a Q-fare is as good as a mile in F, and there are no longer any non-BIS deals (e.g. credit-card sign-ups. Am I missing anything?
Sep 18, 2014, 4:43 pm
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Not missing anything.
Sep 18, 2014, 4:51 pm
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Yes, but if we told you here it wouldn't be a secret. And we'd have to shoot you.
Sep 18, 2014, 11:45 pm
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Nope.
Sep 19, 2014, 3:23 am
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The Citi Executive/AAdvantage World Elite whoopy-doo MasterCard gives out 10,000 EQMs for each calendar year in which you spend $40,000. Annual fee is $450.
Sep 19, 2014, 8:19 am
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Sep 19, 2014, 12:50 pm
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Sep 20, 2014, 12:25 pm
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Other than a close parenthesis, I don't think you're missing anything else.
Sep 20, 2014, 5:48 pm
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I made it back in the good old days of counting all miles from all sources, but that door has been closed.
Sep 20, 2014, 6:35 pm
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The good old days of AA counting miles from any source toward million-miler may be partially responsible for the relatively low value of being an AA MM compared to UA's BIS only MM. It's all relative.
I remember meeting Mr Pickles who was an AA MM through the old mint credit card deal all without ever having flown AA....
I remember meeting Mr Pickles who was an AA MM through the old mint credit card deal all without ever having flown AA....
Sep 20, 2014, 6:54 pm
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Good old days, meaning like this?
http://gizmodo.com/how-an-engineer-e...ing-1339646546
http://gizmodo.com/how-an-engineer-e...ing-1339646546
But the benefits of David’s scheme didn’t end there. After sending off the bar codes and getting back his 1,280,000 miles, (he got a few more than just from the pudding because he also bought some soup at 90 cents a can before he realised that was the sucker’s method), he now officially had over a million miles in his frequent flyer accounts, which automatically gave him lifelong access to something called the “American Airlines AAdvantage Gold club” giving him and his family a number of awesome flying related perks for the rest of their lives.
Sep 20, 2014, 6:57 pm
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Ahh yes, pudding man. Those were the days....
Sep 20, 2014, 7:04 pm
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SO many great stories of creativity (and "creativity") from those days-- I have reams of saved emails of many great stories about people reaching MM at low cost.
Of course, back then you could get almost 1/3 of the way to 1 million miles just by flying one year of EP qualification-- 300% of flown miles counting sticker trade-in at 2500 per sticker!
Of course, back then you could get almost 1/3 of the way to 1 million miles just by flying one year of EP qualification-- 300% of flown miles counting sticker trade-in at 2500 per sticker!
Sep 20, 2014, 7:14 pm
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memory lane...
And, of course, the voice in the wilderness calling out for all to hear— change was definitely coming..
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3286260-post1.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3287006-post12.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3287225-post14.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7878026-post10.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7878114-post15.html
The smart ones listened. You’re welcome!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3286260-post1.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3287006-post12.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/3287225-post14.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7878026-post10.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7878114-post15.html
The smart ones listened. You’re welcome!
