What would you do with 500k Amex points?

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Wonder what I was buying to acquire 500k points

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Take my wife on a sweet vacation

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ANA RTW tickets for two. Twice

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First class flights

430k and also don’t know since I also have so many AA miles in Dallas

Pay for a flight that would require a lot of fees not covered by miles.

Converting to Bonvoy? Yeah or nah?

It’s an awful value

Redeem for flights, it's the best use

If not traveling, open a Schwab Amex plat and convert to $5500

But that would be sacrilegious!

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