Today’s points adventure: Will be about 1,000 MQM short of 150,000 on American (you get 2 SWU or 40,000 points for reaching 150k). Only travel left is an award flight booked for the holidays...cont’d

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I was 5k EQM short. Emailed them and got them to give me the 2 SWU anyways... Profit!

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1) Cancelled award flight (~35000 AA miles)
2) Booked same flight with chase points (~36,000 chase points)
3) Profit!

Will achieve 150,000 MQM and also earn about 5k miles for the flight booked with chase points

*EQM on AA. I wouldn’t have bothered, SWU’s are borderline worthless and you’re unlikely to be able to use the 4 you already have.

Still not sure I’d have traded $620 in flexible Chase points for $560 in AA miles...

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