I just got back from a fantastic week in Mauritius and London, which was ultimately planned around being in London for an Adele concert, which I was able to redeem Starpoints for. It was a fantastic use of points, and I love Adele more than ever.
I’m now back in the US for a while, and am spending the weekend trying to redeem the last of my American AAdvantage miles before the devaluation kicks in. 😉
I assume I’m not the only one spending my weekend redeeming miles, so good luck to everyone else as well!
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I hope everyone has a great weekend filled with lots of successful mileage redemptions!
I bought miles when AA had a good bonus offer and was banking them for my trip to ANTARCTICA. At first I was too far out to ticket and then I seemingly waited too long. It took me a couple days, one long phone call to AA, some hours figuring out how to do it myself and $800 to complete every leg of the journey from PHL to Ushaia and then back from Punta Arenas...
I bought miles when AA had a good bonus offer and was banking them for my trip to ANTARCTICA. At first I was too far out to ticket and then I seemingly waited too long. It took me a couple days, one long phone call to AA, some hours figuring out how to do it myself and $800 to complete every leg of the journey from PHL to Ushaia and then back from Punta Arenas via Santiago Chile. I got business class to Buenos Aires and back from Santiago on miles. Had to pay for the domestic flights in Argentina and Chile.
I am grateful for the reminder to book last week and I am fairly happy with the outcome. I used all but 3,000 miles.
@John - you're right! Getting my "C" banks mixed up!
Susan, I thought Citibank puts out the AAdvantage cards, in Visa, Mastercard and Amex? I don't think Chase has any AA cards.
I've been waiting for 5 weeks for my AA miles to be credited from my sign-up bonus of my Chase Advantage card. I'm afraid the points will post too late for me to take advantage of pre-devaluation spend. :(
I got my last Cathay First flight booked yesterday ago after checking daily for two weeks. Overall two flights in the Etihad "Apartment" and two Cathay First flights booked before devaluation. I am happy with that.