MilesBuzz! - 15K or $225? NWA

Hello,

I had a terrible flight with NWA, they lost my bags, cancelled one flight, delayed 3 more, and 'deiced' for 4 hours.

So, they are offering me 15K in miles or a voucher for $225. I don't have any miles with NWA and I'm not sure I'll fly with them too much more.

What should I do? Is $225 a rip off?

wrightbrother

PS - Forgot one detail: I have 4 hours to decide!

[This message has been edited by wrightbrother (edited 02-13-2003).]

If you unfortunately decide not to use NW for future use (sorry about your problems, they really are a good airline, just wasn't their day), then take the $225 voucher and trade it for something that you might be able to use on a different carrier of your choice later on.

If you do decide to use NW again, taking the 15,000 bonus miles puts you close to a free flight, plus the miles you earned for the flights you took. Close to a free 25K domestic ticket.

Voucher.

15K miles is 3/5 of a coast-to-coast ticket.

$225 can buy you a coast-to-coast ticket, earning you 5K miles in the process.


[This message has been edited by channa (edited 02-13-2003).]

Take the voucher, you'll have more options on how to use/dispose of it.

I'm going to move this over to the Northwest forum where the experts there may be able to offer some advise.

I tend to think that an airline-specific question belongs in that airline's forum, rather than in MilesBuzz.

Thanks,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz and Delta moderator