How many miles are you getting from AAdvantage holiday shopping?
Dec 18, 2005, 6:51 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
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TOTAL: 72,623 miles (value ~ $6,500 based on 90k J-award to Europe)
Please see my latest photo trip report:
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TOTAL: 72,623 miles (value ~ $6,500 based on 90k J-award to Europe)
Please see my latest photo trip report:
Yokoso Japan! A comprehensive review of AA's trans-Pacific J service (IAD-LAX-NRT-JFK) with 400+ photos and 30 videos
CharlesMD.com: Celebrating American Airlines, the best airline on earth!
You would think someone who traveled so much would understand the metrix of valuing FF miles- unless you were willing to lay out your own $ to buy the full fare J ticket the MSRP is meaningless. AA miles are not worth the $0.07 this math implies.
Dec 18, 2005, 7:09 am
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Miles will come in over 4 to 8 weeks after your purchase
Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
How long do the miles take to post? (And, is the posting time different for the different merchants, or do all of the miles post in a single block)? Thanks!
Dec 18, 2005, 7:10 am
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Miles will come in over 4 to 8 weeks after your purchase
Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
How long do the miles take to post? (And, is the posting time different for the different merchants, or do all of the miles post in a single block)? Thanks!
Dec 18, 2005, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by AA in CA
A treadmill for roughly 5x the prices of 8 steaks? How cheesy is this treadmill?
Dec 18, 2005, 9:55 am
#20
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
Actually bluenile gives quite a good deal! I am very happy!
I thought Bluenile looked kind of pricey. Ice.com seemed to have better prices, but you may get what you pay for.
Dec 18, 2005, 9:57 am
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Thanks
Originally Posted by cme2c
No , he overpaid for the steaks. Omaha steaks are awful for the money. There are a handful of restaurants here in Omaha that serve the "Omaha Steaks". They are some of the worst places to get a steak in town.
Makes sense - none of this (surprise) was hanging together too well.
Dec 18, 2005, 10:25 am
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Is there any other place to get good diamond jewelry and get miles as well?? I looked at Macys.com, too.
Dec 18, 2005, 7:34 pm
#24
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
Is there any other place to get good diamond jewelry and get miles as well?? I looked at Macys.com, too.
AFAIK, no where. Buying good diamond jewels and earning miles would be mutually exclusive. Although, you could earn some miles by using a Diners or other AAffinity card to pay for them.
IMHO, buying jewelry is very personal and an easy transaction to get screwed on. It's the kind of thing you want to have some sort of relationship with the person which you are buying from.
Dec 18, 2005, 8:08 pm
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I am pretty satisfied by what I got from BlueNile, though I have no idea of if I got ripped off or not. How does one know how much a piece of jewelry is worth? To me I figure the miles were worth like a 10-20% discount versus what I would buy from a jewelry store.
Dec 18, 2005, 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
How does one know how much a piece of jewelry is worth?
Dec 18, 2005, 8:17 pm
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I have a question then, is the jeweler going to loan me the piece of jewelry before I buy it? I will take the bluenile piece to an independent jeweler to see if I got ripped off.
Dec 18, 2005, 8:19 pm
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
To me I figure the miles were worth like a 10-20% discount versus what I would buy from a jewelry store.
Like cme2c, I have not found bluenile to be a price performer but I recognize you may gauge value using different metrics.
Dec 18, 2005, 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by CharlesMD
I have a question then, is the jeweler going to loan me the piece of jewelry before I buy it? I will take the bluenile piece to an independent jeweler to see if I got ripped off.
Dec 18, 2005, 9:14 pm
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Originally Posted by drtdk
Please share how/why you figure it at that rate. To me, mileage incentives are 1-2% discount.
Like cme2c, I have not found bluenile to be a price performer but I recognize you may gauge value using different metrics.
Like cme2c, I have not found bluenile to be a price performer but I recognize you may gauge value using different metrics.