How Many Miles In Your BAEC Account, And Who Has The Most?
May 23, 2012, 9:36 pm
#33
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More than I would like to think of... A few offers of upgrades. Actually I forgot the redemption date of one and it was lost. Now I have 2 waiting...
Enough miles to use for a few years, but am a hoarder..
oh Oil-man, I have a recent graduate... Do you have a job for him?
Enough miles to use for a few years, but am a hoarder..
oh Oil-man, I have a recent graduate... Do you have a job for him?
May 23, 2012, 9:59 pm
#34
Join Date: Jan 2012
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I try and burn through mine as I earn them, only 150,000 left at the moment as I used 120k for 2-4-1 F to JKF in NOV and another 25k for Barbados J for 2 of us. Throw in a couple of trips to Prague etc and they stay pretty steady around the 100-200k mark.
Plan is to drop 180k next year on 2 F to Japan with 2-4-1 but will still have some spares for upgrades and trips to Europe. Barcelona in the summer? I pick up roughly 16kish a month so it ticks over pretty well. Some months its more like 30-45k
Plan is to drop 180k next year on 2 F to Japan with 2-4-1 but will still have some spares for upgrades and trips to Europe. Barcelona in the summer? I pick up roughly 16kish a month so it ticks over pretty well. Some months its more like 30-45k
May 24, 2012, 12:04 am
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May 24, 2012, 12:08 am
#36
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Wasn't going to play but what the heck...
After transferring what ever remains of my DC miles after the 31st (which is when no more *A flights will be allowed) I'll finally become an Avios millioner (obviously without spending hundreds of thousands of miles over the years i would have been there ages ago...).
After transferring what ever remains of my DC miles after the 31st (which is when no more *A flights will be allowed) I'll finally become an Avios millioner (obviously without spending hundreds of thousands of miles over the years i would have been there ages ago...).
May 24, 2012, 4:39 pm
#41
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235k at the moment but then I have redeemed for two flights this year.
May 25, 2012, 7:50 am
#43
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Instead if considering how much these multimillion stashes of Avios are worth, perhaps someone of a mathematical bent may wish to work out how much it would cost to get rid of them?
Every redemption carries its surcharges, even if you just blow them on hotels there will be ancilliary costs.
I was intrigued to read the other day that 2/3 of Qantas profits are due to the performance of its frequent flyer scheme.
Every redemption carries its surcharges, even if you just blow them on hotels there will be ancilliary costs.
I was intrigued to read the other day that 2/3 of Qantas profits are due to the performance of its frequent flyer scheme.
May 25, 2012, 7:57 am
#44
Join Date: Jun 2010
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I don't see the point in holding massive balances; the risk of devaluation, ever increasing APD and fuel fees and the occasional inability to redeem means I try and keep my balance under 350,000 which is approximately what I could use in a year of "foot to the floor" miles burning.
Having said that, it's a little over that now, with a pot of bmi miles awaiting transfer and also some 60,000 held "offshore" in my UK based BAEC Amex account, pending my repatriation in 2013. I have all my leisure travel booked through this time next year.
I have around 500,000 miles in other non-BAEC schemes, and a further 250,000 in the increasingly more valuable hotel schemes, as diversity is key!
I put a personal "value" on this stash at around £15,000.
Having said that, it's a little over that now, with a pot of bmi miles awaiting transfer and also some 60,000 held "offshore" in my UK based BAEC Amex account, pending my repatriation in 2013. I have all my leisure travel booked through this time next year.
I have around 500,000 miles in other non-BAEC schemes, and a further 250,000 in the increasingly more valuable hotel schemes, as diversity is key!
I put a personal "value" on this stash at around £15,000.