Austrian/UA: SFO - VIE $467 RT
Aug 14, 2016, 6:09 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 115
Austrian/UA: SFO - VIE $467 RT
Fall travel to Vienna is a bargain shopper paradise right now. Most itineraries from SFO are below $500. Take a look:
https://concorde.io/deals/os-sfo-vie-for-467-round-trip
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...0-30;a=-WW,-DY
https://concorde.io/deals/os-sfo-vie-for-467-round-trip
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...0-30;a=-WW,-DY
Aug 15, 2016, 7:05 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SFO
Posts: 273
Looks like only 50% on AC and UA, and pretty worthless otherwise: http://www.wheretocredit.com/austrian-airlines/k
Still good if you actually want to get to Europe though
Still good if you actually want to get to Europe though
Aug 15, 2016, 7:46 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDX
Programs: kayaker
Posts: 851
I guess with the premier bonus it can be revised to a more reasonable number, but my paltry 25% *S only gets me down to ~5cpm. Maybe I just need to recalibrate expectations in this era of spend-based rewards.
(I'm also trying to find something that I can use to re-up my wife's A3*G for next year. Cheap LH/LX/OS/SN fares are a no-go.)
Aug 15, 2016, 8:02 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
Because at $500 for under 9k RDM, you're looking at close to 6cpm. Is that really a MR in your book?
I guess with the premier bonus it can be revised to a more reasonable number, but my paltry 25% *S only gets me down to ~5cpm. Maybe I just need to recalibrate expectations in this era of spend-based rewards.
(I'm also trying to find something that I can use to re-up my wife's A3*G for next year. Cheap LH/LX/OS/SN fares are a no-go.)
I guess with the premier bonus it can be revised to a more reasonable number, but my paltry 25% *S only gets me down to ~5cpm. Maybe I just need to recalibrate expectations in this era of spend-based rewards.
(I'm also trying to find something that I can use to re-up my wife's A3*G for next year. Cheap LH/LX/OS/SN fares are a no-go.)
I kind of consider the RDM for this a win when crediting to UA, since if on 016 ticket stock, it would only earn between 2500-5500 RDM depending on elite status because it is based on spend. Yet when on another airline's stock it would earn at minimum 6500 RDM and up to the full 13000 for a 1K when crediting to UA
Aug 16, 2016, 2:20 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDX
Programs: kayaker
Posts: 851
Not trying to be snarky, but cpm is usually calculated based on PQM (or 'qualifying miles') and for this, it's roughly 3.8cpm which is definitely good but there is better out there...
I kind of consider the RDM for this a win when crediting to UA, since if on 016 ticket stock, it would only earn between 2500-5500 RDM depending on elite status because it is based on spend. Yet when on another airline's stock it would earn at minimum 6500 RDM and up to the full 13000 for a 1K when crediting to UA
I kind of consider the RDM for this a win when crediting to UA, since if on 016 ticket stock, it would only earn between 2500-5500 RDM depending on elite status because it is based on spend. Yet when on another airline's stock it would earn at minimum 6500 RDM and up to the full 13000 for a 1K when crediting to UA
And I guess I never took a MR for status only -- for me it had to be a net positive in terms of price paid vs. RDM earned.
Aug 16, 2016, 9:21 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Montréal, Canada
Posts: 1,610
Not trying to be snarky, but cpm is usually calculated based on PQM (or 'qualifying miles') and for this, it's roughly 3.8cpm which is definitely good but there is better out there...
I kind of consider the RDM for this a win when crediting to UA, since if on 016 ticket stock, it would only earn between 2500-5500 RDM depending on elite status because it is based on spend. Yet when on another airline's stock it would earn at minimum 6500 RDM and up to the full 13000 for a 1K when crediting to UA
I kind of consider the RDM for this a win when crediting to UA, since if on 016 ticket stock, it would only earn between 2500-5500 RDM depending on elite status because it is based on spend. Yet when on another airline's stock it would earn at minimum 6500 RDM and up to the full 13000 for a 1K when crediting to UA
Revenue based RDM's are the new standard for almost all legacy carriers. You have to also consider the markets. Europe has always been a premium market yielding lower CPM's than, say Asia. It's a new world for FF programs and we must adjust. If only Richard Anderson had stayed at United Healthcare after leaving NWA.