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Old Jul 18, 2008, 9:09 am
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Dudemius
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Northern Virginia
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Originally Posted by aaupgrade
Wrong. With the prices of airline tickets going up the return on using points is that much more appealing even if you have to pay a fee. Some ballpark examples: DCA to CDG/LHR in Y $800-1600 used to be $350-900; BWI to HNL $1000-1300 used to be $500-800; Hawaii YUP $2200+ used to be $1100-1300; WAS to SYD in F $26000 used to be $16000, in J $20000 used to be $12000.
That's also my take on it.

And to the extent capacity controlled "saver" awards are harder to come by, I'm not convinced that "standard" awards are such a bad deal.
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