AA Cyber Monday 2015 bonus miles - extended to 4th Jan 2016

[whatmeworry]

Start your Cyber Monday shopping early with our best buy/gift miles offer of the year.

Now through November 30, 2015, you’ll earn up to 75,000 bonus miles when you buy miles for yourself, or add up to 75,000 bonus miles to your purchase when you gift miles to a friend or loved one.
That's a total of up to 200,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® miles.

[TABLE="class: discount"]
[TR]
[TH]Miles purchased[/TH]
[TH] Bonus miles[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6,000 - 9,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 1,500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10,000 - 19,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 3,500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20,000 - 29,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 7,500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]30,000 - 39,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 15,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]40,000 - 54,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 22,500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]55,000 - 69,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 30,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]70,000 - 84,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 40,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]85,000 - 99,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 50,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]100,000 - 124,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 60,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]125,000[/TD]
[TD="class: amount"] 75,000[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


[url]https://buymiles.aa.com/en/buygift?c=SOLO_EML_EN,US_BUY
[/URL]

 

[cove]

AA certainly are not anywhere as generous as US Airways. When AA merged with US Airways it removed a serious air miles competitor.
Many have a need to keep their account miles alive and I think buying a few miles will achieve an extension of that date.

 

[avaction]

Looks like pretty good value to me even at today's exchange rate. AU$5600 for 200,000 miles, AU$0.028 per mile, have not seen it this good for a while. Will probably take the chance to top up for 2 x First Class Europe to Australia. Any thoughts?

 

[incumbent]

I maxed out earlier this year buying 100,000 + 60,000 to get MEL-LHR-MEL in F.

This gives me the chance to buy another 25,000 + 7,500. 20,000 + 7,500 is the better-value option there.

 

[shifty]

Looks like pretty good value to me even at today's exchange rate. AU$5600 for 200,000 miles, AU$0.028 per mile, have not seen it this good for a while. Will probably take the chance to top up for 2 x First Class Europe to Australia. Any thoughts?

I think it's good. First class return to Europe for just over $4k is good value in my book. I will load up with 100 + 60 for about $4200.

 

[JohnK]

Looks like pretty good value to me even at today's exchange rate. AU$5600 for 200,000 miles, AU$0.028 per mile, have not seen it this good for a while. Will probably take the chance to top up for 2 x First Class Europe to Australia. Any thoughts?

Is that including taxes? If so for 3 return trips to Asia in business class would cost ~AUD2100 per return trip. Value for me would be marginal at best and that is a lot of money to outlay up front.

The golden goose died a while back.

 

[PlutekPlutek]

Is that including taxes? If so for 3 return trips to Asia in business class would cost ~AUD2100 per return trip. Value for me would be marginal at best and that is a lot of money to outlay up front.

The golden goose died a while back.

Might not be the greatest value to Asia, but to Europe it ok, not ?

 

[Mattg]

Wow, literally days after the last promo finished. Maybe I'm just cynical, but something must be up.

 

[smit0847]

Wow, literally days after the last promo finished. Maybe I'm just cynical, but something must be up.

Buttering up their members before they announce the award chart devaluation.

 

[Mattg]

Buttering up their members before they announce the award chart devaluation.

Please don't give them ideas!

(Okay, I guess they already had the idea anyway...)

 

[smit0847]

Please don't give them ideas!

(Okay, I guess they already had the idea anyway...)

Should be formally announced within a fortnight

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...uding-details-not-yet-reported-anywhere-else/

 

[serfty]

There are sweeter spots than others. Number of purchased miles is important.

 

[tania73]

Are AA or Lifemiles better value when these promotions are on? I remember Lifemiles had a great Cyber Monday sale last year. I would be wanting enough points to do a return J to Europe. QF availability also worries me with AA awards.

 

[Foreigner]

There's good commentary about this offer in this link:

Buy as Many as 200,000 American Miles for 2 Cents Apiece Through November 30 - View from the Wing


Edit: smit0847 beat me to this link, I think.

 

[Travelqueen]

I've been looking to get my daughter from Lax to London in January, and was going to use my qantas points on AA.

would it be better to use AA points?

and what is the sweet spot of buying points?

thnaks for your help, as I've never booked a rewards flight with AA before.

TQ

 

[andye]

I've been looking to get my daughter from Lax to London in January, and was going to use my qantas points on AA.

would it be better to use AA points?

and what is the sweet spot of buying points?

thnaks for your help, as I've never booked a rewards flight with AA before.

TQ

I'm no afficianado but in general:

Buying points only makes sense for J and F redemptions

AA usually offers good value as relatively few miles needed and minimal taxes (except on BA)

You have options on One World airlines as well as Etihad (EY requires more miles as you need to book it as Au-AUH and AUH-LON)
(EDIT: Realise this is not relevant as flying from US)

Availability likely to be a challenge for January (as it would be for QF)

 

[serfty]

I've been looking to get my daughter from Lax to London in January, and was going to use my qantas points on AA.

would it be better to use AA points?

and what is the sweet spot of buying points?

thnaks for your help, as I've never booked a rewards flight with AA before.

TQ

You can search online using your AAdvantage account, even if you done have enough points yet.

Once you have found the flights you can then place them on a five day hold.

Then just but the points -they come through with 48 hours normally.

 

[serfty]

It's 20K miles one way - if you can avoid BA/IB flights, +++ can be less than $20.

(I see LAX-xORD-LHR for 20K + USD11.50 on Jan 8th - AA flight numbers)

20K can be purchased for ~USD550 (17K+3.5K) - that's not getting good value.

 

[Travelqueen]

Thanks for all your help.

So, better to use AA points than QF points?

TQ

 

[smit0847]

Thanks for all your help.

So, better to use AA points than QF points?

TQ

Ummmm yes!!!