A friend is asking for 110K AA miles in return of $1200. Worth it?

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Don't call him a friend

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Unfriending him right away.

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2k is fair.

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~3200$

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Yeah that's no friend offering you 1/3 the market value

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What's the airline sell them for?

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Make it 2k and we will talk.

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I'd go $1.6 - 2k, closer to TPG valuations

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Find a flight to use them on then do the math

$1,850 is reasonable value for those points. I'd factor in some liquidity premium though. $1,600-1,800 depending on whether you have a good, near-term use for the points.

That's worth at least a mil

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