That's right — these changes are already live (for flights departing today), so there's no opportunity to
burn miles before the devaluation.
People are trying to
burn their miles before the devaluation takes effect on Feb. 1st.
Not exact matches
I hopped on the treadmill at lunch and
burned through (OK, sometimes trudged through) a few
miles before hitting the shower and rushing back to my desk.
To realize that my limbs are
burning because I ran eight
miles the day
before renders that same pain tolerable — even joyful.
We had made it up from Johannesburg to Maun by two - engine chartered plane the afternoon
before, flying the 500
miles directly over the
burning Kalahari Desert, the heat rising up to shake the small plane.
I then drove 170
miles with no visible issue, even stopped and idled for about half an hour in the middle, and about a
mile before my house I smelled the
burning smell again and the coolant temp spiked very suddenly.
About a
mile before my house the temperature gauge shot up suddenly and quickly, and the weird behaviors started again, as well as the
burning smell.
I've felt
burned by airline companies
before — with
miles that quickly expire or fees to transfer points, for example — but after seeing friends and family use
miles to pay for tickets, I felt like I was missing out on the good deals.
Personally I won't be buying
miles to do this as I've got a pretty healthy AAdvantage balance anyway... but I'm definitely considering
burning 60,000
miles on one of these awards
before the devaluation kicks in on 22 March 2016.
When you stated your mantra is «Earn and
Burn»
before the airlines devalue your
miles.
Before the devaluation starts in February I will likely
burn all the United
miles.
just don't
burn out
before you finish... i still have
MILES of trim that's primed & waiting for paint.