Mar 6, 2022, 12:20 am
Last edit by: LovePrunes
CAUTION: Buyer Beware! DOES NOT WORK TO GET EXP This way
A caution to anyone who may try this suggestion to earn LPs buying FTD bonsai trees and hoping they get credit as a large multiplier of LP's from FTD. The Original Poster (and others) posted back that it posts as bonus miles and not base, so no LPs are earned.
some data points:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34174381-post70.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34048144-post308.html
Here's the thread on FTD:
A caution to anyone who may try this suggestion to earn LPs buying FTD bonsai trees and hoping they get credit as a large multiplier of LP's from FTD. The Original Poster (and others) posted back that it posts as bonus miles and not base, so no LPs are earned.
some data points:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34174381-post70.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34048144-post308.html
Here's the thread on FTD:
Missing miles/LPs from FTD purchase in mid-Feb
127 bonsai trees for EXP
Jan 4, 2022, 6:33 pm
#77
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,689
dmsdfw, You obviously are unaware of what made flyertalk a popular website. It was loophole instructions from Flyertalk founder Randy where by buying multiple magazine subscriptions it allowed you to fly the supersonic Concorde for a mere fraction of purchasing an actual ticket.
Jan 4, 2022, 7:09 pm
#78
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 782
dmsdfw, You obviously are unaware of what made flyertalk a popular website. It was loophole instructions from Flyertalk founder Randy where by buying multiple magazine subscriptions it allowed you to fly the supersonic Concorde for a mere fraction of purchasing an actual ticket.
Jan 5, 2022, 1:56 am
#79
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I think the fact that the Citi grAAvy train chugged along for so long says more than enough...
Jan 5, 2022, 8:19 am
#80
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: DCA
Programs: DL DM, AA EXP, various hotel
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You're confusing revenue and profit. Cost is fine, so long as the associated revenue exceeds it. Of course the perfect customer would use zero elite benefits and redeem zero awards, but that may impact revenue. The realistic perfect customer is me, whom I described above.
Jan 5, 2022, 8:25 am
#81
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska and Ann Arbor, Michigan
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I think bonsai trees are a perfect gift for passengers to give to flight attendants instead of “job well done” certificates.
Jan 5, 2022, 2:47 pm
#83
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Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, BAEC Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 321
And this is now hitting the blogs... VFTW has calculated that you'd only need to buy 78 bonsais for EXP with a 40mile per dollar FTD promotion, but I thought that any bonus miles earned from a promotion didn't count and only the base miles counted...
Jan 5, 2022, 5:53 pm
#84
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That's the point though, regardless of whether FTD is offering 20 or 25 or 40 miles per dollar they all post as base miles, and thus they all should count as LPs.
Jan 5, 2022, 6:08 pm
#85
Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
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Just like AA did with Bask Bank postings in the past month, they could change how some or all of the miles are posted at any point. Also, just because there was a 40 miles/dollar promotion in the past does not mean there will be in the future.
Jan 5, 2022, 8:32 pm
#86
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Those aren't bonus miles. They're an increase to base miles earned.
Jan 5, 2022, 8:46 pm
#88
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Jan 5, 2022, 8:48 pm
#90
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