Is this trip worth the points & miles?
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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Hi Everyone! First post so please go easy on me =)
Im planning to go to the Philippines with a stopover in Korea from mid-late February with my husband and would like to do the following:
1) Buy US Airways 50k pts (+50k bonus) for $1750
2) Reinstate my old US Airways 35k pts for $150
3) Transfer 40K UR pts to Marriott (combined with my existing 158k MR) to purchase 50K US Airways pts + 7 nights Cat 5 hotel
4) With the 180K US Airways pts from doing 1, 2, and 3, Purchase 2 Business Class roundtrip tickets (IAD ICN MNL ICN IAD)
Total $$ spent: $1900
Total MR used (existing): 158K
Total UR used: 40k
My question is. Is it worth using all of that MR and UR pts used + dollar spent for two roundtrip business class tickets and 7 nights Cat 5 hotel?
oops, think i posted in the wrong place
Im planning to go to the Philippines with a stopover in Korea from mid-late February with my husband and would like to do the following:
1) Buy US Airways 50k pts (+50k bonus) for $1750
2) Reinstate my old US Airways 35k pts for $150
3) Transfer 40K UR pts to Marriott (combined with my existing 158k MR) to purchase 50K US Airways pts + 7 nights Cat 5 hotel
4) With the 180K US Airways pts from doing 1, 2, and 3, Purchase 2 Business Class roundtrip tickets (IAD ICN MNL ICN IAD)
Total $$ spent: $1900
Total MR used (existing): 158K
Total UR used: 40k
My question is. Is it worth using all of that MR and UR pts used + dollar spent for two roundtrip business class tickets and 7 nights Cat 5 hotel?
oops, think i posted in the wrong place
Last edited by mia; Nov 28, 2012 at 1:57 pm
#2
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my answer is "what does it cost to buy the air & hotel?....
also, what is the cost for coach & hostels? & how many mi would you get from the trip?
a moderator will move this, don't repost....
sounds like a great trip...enjoy...
also, what is the cost for coach & hostels? & how many mi would you get from the trip?
a moderator will move this, don't repost....
sounds like a great trip...enjoy...
Last edited by mia; Nov 28, 2012 at 1:57 pm
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Welcome to FT, kit2ak! As this is more of a MilesBuzz topic I'll move it over to that forum for further discussion.
Enjoy your travels.
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Enjoy your travels.
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Moderator observation
Closed because already re-posted in the US Airways forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...916-worth.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...916-worth.html