How many miles are you getting from AAdvantage holiday shopping?
Dec 18, 2005, 9:33 pm
#31
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I value 39k miles at about $0.013 each or so (since I can buy them for that with good-value mileage runs), for a total of about $500. That's more like a 5% discount by my math. YMMV.
Dec 18, 2005, 9:40 pm
#32
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
I value 39k miles at about $0.013 each or so (since I can buy them for that with good-value mileage runs), for a total of about $500. That's more like a 5% discount by my math. YMMV.
Dec 19, 2005, 9:47 pm
#33
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by DataPlumber
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.
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.So I ordered a bracelet from ICE.com that came today. Supposed to be an 8 inch bracelet, but was only 7 inch. Their customer service was very helpful. I shipped it right back and they were going to send another one so it arrives before the holiday. We'll see if I get the 8 inch. If not I will be using their 60 day satisfaction guarantee and have to go buy one locally.
Dec 20, 2005, 1:00 am
#34
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The shopping promo this year was not nearly good enough for me to give it much thought about pursuing it unless I happened to be purchasing from one of the vendors.
Dec 20, 2005, 7:23 am
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Wow! What was it? Like two days?
Feb 28, 2006, 8:57 am
#37
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Just want to know if there is any update to this. I got the base miles from my purchase about 6 weeks ago. In the email that is sent along with the posting of the miles, it saids that the bonus mails will be posted by Feb 28 06 but I haven't seen mine. Does anyone has theirs posted yet?
Feb 28, 2006, 9:48 am
#38
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Originally Posted by chaner
Just want to know if there is any update to this. I got the base miles from my purchase about 6 weeks ago. In the email that is sent along with the posting of the miles, it saids that the bonus mails will be posted by Feb 28 06 but I haven't seen mine. Does anyone has theirs posted yet?