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Old Nov 8, 2011, 10:49 pm
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iahphx
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Originally Posted by philemer
See this thread too: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/virgi...nup-bonus.html

We got 47K miles with the BofA card and have already booked two interisland trips. It's 6K for a o/w or r/t. Beats the heck out of HA miles (7.5K or 15K).

The BIG problem is you have to call V. Atlantic and deal with a noisy call center. But it worked out fine. $2.50 or $5.00 in fees. Nice.
Are they using the same award bucket as everyone else: like can you first go on continental.com to see what's available?

I only needed one inter-island segment for an upcoming Hawaiian vacation, and I was so appalled by the fares that I was going to redeem 5000 CO/UA miles, but the only flights available were at very inconvenient (early morning/late night) times. So I used some PenFed points instead.

For 3,000 miles, I'd tolerate more inconvenient flight times, especially if I need a bunch of tickets for a family trip.
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