Originally Posted by josephstern (Post 14132632)

What I really can't believe is that I didn't do the Wyndham Discover America deal - that was a great way to get some cheap miles!

Originally Posted by MilesMark (Post 14132605)

Would appreciate thoughts on this.....

To buy 20,000 SPG points costs $700.

So, 20,000 SPG points converts to 25,000 AA miles.
Adding the 35% premium adds 8,750
Putting the charge on SPG Amex adds 875 miles (converted later),
For a total of 34,625 AA miles,

At a price of $700, or 2.02 cents per mile.

Did I get that right? Anyone think that's worth doing?

Originally Posted by skywalkerLAX (Post 14133322)

Indeed. Sometimes it would pay off to know what the future brings. Then again, I guess airline miles would not really be of much interest anymore ! :D

Originally Posted by broadwayblue (Post 14131264)

Just remember you can only transfer 60k max per transfer to get all the bonus miles. If you want to move 140k be sure to break it up into smaller transfers every 24 hours (60k, 40k, 40k would work.)

Originally Posted by jamflyer (Post 14133367)

Where did you see this?

Originally Posted by lovetotravel (Post 14133326)

Not quite, for 1 transfer of 20,000 SPG points you only get 25% bonus, to get 35% you have to transfer more than 20,000, in the same transaction. That changes the cpm.

Originally Posted by Stoughton (Post 14133416)

SPG adds the 25% bonus before they transfer to AA, correct? Thus he'd be tranfering 25,000 to AA and would qualify for 35% (right?)

Originally Posted by buschoi (Post 14132673)

Thanks for pointing this out. That was my first reaction, too. I was wondering if I should pay next year's MVCI maintenance fee now and get the points for a travel package redemption. With this exclusion, I don't have to consider it anymore. I have literally decided to give up achieving LT status and just convert my points into Alaska in the future, which gives me better redemption rate on CX's J and F.

Originally Posted by floyddl (Post 14133595)

I didn't see anything that indicated you couldn't request a travel package and transfer the miles to AA and get the bonus. I don't think AA knows how the miles come over as package or straight point conversion. Did I miss something?

Originally Posted by josephstern (Post 14136896)

OK - I just did my second SPG -> AA transfer, 24 hours and 7 minutes after my first.

Am I cutting it too close?

Originally Posted by lovetotravel (Post 14133326)

Not quite, for 1 transfer of 20,000 SPG points you only get 25% bonus, to get 35% you have to transfer more than 20,000, in the same transaction. That changes the cpm.

Originally Posted by ChaseTheMiles (Post 14137912)

I have more than 20k points but not close enough to 40k for a neat, even-number transfer.

Any suggestions?