Until 8/31 Buy Miles With Up To A 25% Discount

[Paddy55]

Received this offer in the mail: Until 8/31 Buy Miles With Up To A 25% Discount

40,000 miles for $US825. Not bad value at all IMHO

 

[futaris]

The more you buy, the more you save:

5,000 Miles = 10% discount
10,000 Miles = 15% discount
20,000 Miles = 20% discount
40,000 Miles = 25% discount

Don't forget that you can put an award (QF, AA, BA, etc) on hold online, while you purchase the miles...

 

[Must...Fly!]

I will do the calculations when I get to Uni, but this seems quite favourable on first glance

 

[k3nnis]

A quick one, what are the required miles for SYD-HKG on CX J, QF J using AA miles? And also SYD-SIN on QF J.

 

[NM]

A quick one, what are the required miles for SYD-HKG on CX J, QF J using AA miles? And also SYD-SIN on QF J.

Its all available at aa.com, see this link: https://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/aadvantageAllPartnerChart.jsp

 

[k3nnis]

Thanks for that. Looks like SYD-SIN-SYD on QF J will be 70000 AA miles

 

[Must...Fly!]

With the dollar the way it is, I'm going to buy 40,000 miles. They might come out with the 60k+20k bonus in December but I very much doubt I'll be able to afford that (~1800), roughly $890 I can manage now.

The other side being that I have 116k at the moment, so adding this 40k get me to 156k, just over the amount I require.

 

[burmans]

I will do the calculations when I get to Uni, but this seems quite favourable on first glance

Hmm, each to their own. Marginal IMO but good if you have a target you are 40K short of.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Hmm, each to their own. Marginal IMO but good if you have a target you are 40K short of.

About ~$890AUD for 40k
Paid ~$1760AUD for 80k last year (december 60k + 20k bonus)

Although the dollar has probably improved since I did that transaction in December.

At the end of the day, this works out much better for me personally, I'd rather pay less than get more miles at this point.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Isn't this just a reminder for the same offer thats been around for well over a month

 

[Must...Fly!]

Isn't this just a reminder for the same offer thats been around for well over a month

Yes I think you are right. However it helps if you didn't know about the offer to begin with

 

[Paddy55]

It was news to me today!

 

[JohnK]

Was there a 30% discount and 30% bonus earlier this year? I purchased the maximum 40,000 miles and received 12,000 bonus miles.

 

[drewbles]

At around 2c per mile, it's not great, but it's not bad. Considering 72,500 is a AU-US return in J (even from say JFK to PER), it's a cheap way of doing J. You just need to be flexible with your dates (which is where EF comes in very handy )

 

[v8Statesman]

At around 2c per mile, it's not great, but it's not bad. Considering 72,500 is a AU-US return in J (even from say JFK to PER), it's a cheap way of doing J. You just need to be flexible with your dates (which is where EF comes in very handy )

Love living in PER and having genuine need to be in the Mid West


Sent from my Telstra iPhone using the Australian Frequent Flyer application.

 

[Must...Fly!]

At around 2c per mile, it's not great, but it's not bad. Considering 72,500 is a AU-US return in J (even from say JFK to PER), it's a cheap way of doing J. You just need to be flexible with your dates (which is where EF comes in very handy )

? Is it not 62,500 one-way in J?

 

[k3nnis]

That's what I thought as well. 125000 miles for J award AUS-USA return....

 

[drewbles]

? Is it not 62,500 one-way in J?

Ah you're right. It's 37500 in whY and 62500 in J.

I'm having a bad memory run recently! I should just go hide in the corner for a few weeks and re-collect my thoughts :S

 

[JohnK]

At around 2c per mile, it's not great, but it's not bad. Considering 72,500 is a AU-US return in J (even from say JFK to PER), it's a cheap way of doing J. You just need to be flexible with your dates (which is where EF comes in very handy )

If it is 2c per mile then that would make a SYD-BKK return ~AUD1,500 including negligible taxes and surcharges which would appear to be a little better than US Dividend Miles at the moment.