Cure Your Wanderlust With 1 Million AAdvantage Miles

[QF WP]

Received this email overnight from AA:

Dear Lindsay Wilson,

Are you experiencing symptoms of The Wanderlust? Do you feel:
[ ] Trapped in your own home or office?
[ ] Like you haven't taken a vacation in years?
[ ] Consumed by thoughts of exotic lands?
[ ] All of the above?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have the Wanderlust. In celebration of our newly enhanced relationship, American Airlines and British Airways have found the cure. Together we will turn four travelers into Miles Millionaires*.

To become eligible to enter The Miles Millionaire Contest, register, then book a qualifying round-trip transatlantic flight on American Airlines, British Airways or Iberia now through June 17, 2011, and complete your travel on or before June 30, 2011. Once you complete your travel, you'll receive an email** with details on the contest entry process. You just have to creatively answer this question: "If you were cured of the Wanderlust with 1 Million Miles, where would you go and what would you do there?"

And, each time you fly a qualifying transatlantic roundtrip in full-fare Economy Class (fares booked in Y or B) or higher^ during the promotional period, you will earn 20,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles. So, even if you don't win, you can use your bonus miles to take a vacation and stave off the Wanderlust just a little longer.

However, don't you love the usual T&C's, effectively cutting most of us out of accessing this promo:

*Two AAdvantage members will receive 1 million AAdvantage miles and two British Airways Executive Club members will receive 1 million BA miles.

**Email will be sent no later than 14 days after qualifying travel has been completed. Be sure to include your AAdvantage number at time of booking.

^Offer applies only to AAdvantage members residing in the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) who purchase and fly on eligible published fare tickets as follows: First Class, Business Class or full-fare Economy Class fares booked in F, J, A, D, R, I, Y, B or H on American Airlines operated flights; includes First Class, Club World/Club Europe, World Traveller Plus, World Traveller or Euro Traveller fares booked in F, J, C, A, D, I, Y, B, H, W, E, T on British Airways operated flights; includes Business Class or full-fare Economy Class fares booked in J, C, D, R, I, Y on Iberia operated flights.

Open to registered members of the American Airlines AAdvantage® program and the British Airways Executive Club Programme (i) who are legal residents of the United States (excluding Vermont) or the District of Columbia and are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and (ii) who book a qualifying round trip transatlantic flight originating and terminating in the United States on American Airlines, British Airways, or Iberia Airlines on or before the Booking Deadline, and complete the corresponding travel before the Flight Deadline. Booking Deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on June 17, 2011. Flight Deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2011. Flights must be booked on or after April 6, 2011 at 7 a.m. ET. Prior bookings are not eligible. You have to write an essay to enter the Contest. There is a limit of one (1) submission per person. Essay submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET July 15, 2011. Essays may be posted online with the name of the entrant. See Official Rules for how to enter, what constitutes a "Qualifying Flight", submission guidelines, judging criteria, prize description/restrictions, and complete details. Be sure to enter your American Airlines AAdvantage member number or your Executive Club member number when you book your flight and when you submit your essay. Sponsors: American Airlines, Inc., 4333 Amon Carter Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76155 and British Airways Plc, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights, NY 11370. Void where prohibited. Two (2) American Airlines AAdvantage members will become Miles Millionaires and Two (2) British Airways Executive Club members will become Miles Millionaires. Limit one (1) essay submission per person, even if entrant is a registered member of both the American Airlines AAdvantage program and the British Airways Executive Club Programme, and even if an entrant books and completes more than one qualifying flight during the specified time periods. Please refer to airfare rules of flights selected before completing payment. AAdvantage members can earn AAdvantage miles per the terms and conditions of the American Airlines AAdvantage program. Other significant restrictions may apply. Executive Club members can earn BA Miles per the terms and conditions of the Executive Club Programme. View AAdvantage program terms and conditions. Executive Club terms and conditions.

However, we do have a couple of members here that might be eligible (looking at ozmerish), plus others who do reside in USA .

 

[cove]

OK Lindsay what our odds on winning using all the available technology that you have at your fingertips?
On AA is it something like 40 million multiplied by about 1% who could be eligible multiplied by 20% who register divided by the number of prizes?
Should we do dinner instead?

 

[cove]

Go for it the odds are pretty good!

 

[QF WP]

OK Lindsay what our odds on winning using all the available technology that you have at your fingertips?

What available technology do I have at my fingertips - I probably don't know how to use it

On AA is it something like 40 million multiplied by about 1% who could be eligible multiplied by 20% who register divided by the number of prizes?
Should we do dinner instead?

Definitely. Trying to get to Perth soon to see clients, so will have an overnighter. Dinner is on!

 

[meloz]

OK Lindsay what our odds on winning using all the available technology that you have at your fingertips?
On AA is it something like 40 million multiplied by about 1% who could be eligible multiplied by 20% who register divided by the number of prizes?
Should we do dinner instead?

1 in 40,000 working with those numbers.

Meloz

 

[cove]

Now to hone up our vocabulary and numerical skills we are all watching "Letters and Numbers" on SBS One. Yes it is a low budget show for the whole family that we tape then wait for everyone to get home.
So much easier than cryptic crossword puzzles.
Coming back to AA,do they have something like 40 million Frequent Flyers or was it just one passenger who had 40 million miles?
Lindsay I got a different number to meloz so we had better run with that figure as it is better odds than I was thinking.
Perth is available at 30% points off namely 25,200 points so you can do the trip if you book now for less than $200 return.
Dinner in Perth would be a great idea and with 1 Million AA points you could have some serious fun.
The points sale is on for just a few days!

 

[QF WP]

cove, I am considering using my 30K available AA miles to fly one way in Business (so there goes 17,500) and then using my available QF points for a JASA for the return sector, so negligible cost for this trip.

Saving up my points purchases for next year's trip to USA, so will be doing max purchases x 4 (all of us have AAccounts) nearing the end of this year and again next year. Have to get through the 7 weeks in Europe first :shock:

 

[cove]

I thought you might succumb to the QF sale on points but it is only economy class so J works great.
You still have a bit of time to pick up an economy winner for a shorter run.

 

[QF WP]

Nah, I need the SC's as I won't have any in the 7 weeks I'm away, as those flights are award.


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[cove]

You could pay someone's tax bill and get a million points for $6,500 using a point a dollar Visa or $8,333 on a 1.5 point/ dollar Amex card.
Don't wait until you are 60 as that Wanderlust could be solved each year!