<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lensman:
Originally posted by Arcolaio99:
I am not seeing your point in that F tickets are very expensive if you normally buy F tickets. Could you please explain that. Thanks.</font>
Airconnect means that first class tickets are very expensive. Therefore, getting award travel in first could be viewed as a good "value" because you are getting a high dollar value ticket for your miles. On the other hand, if you never buy first class tickets with cash, one can't really say that you are "saving" the cash value of the first class ticket by getting the first class ticket with miles.
For example, I usually buy H or K fare basis tickets on Continental to HNL from EWR. I upgrade using miles or sometimes buy a last minute upgrade for $325 as a CO Elite. By this valuation scheme, a first class ticket to Hawaii on CO is worth $750 (cost of K ticket) + $325 (one-way upgrade fee) + $325 (one-way upgrade fee) = $1400. Thus, when looking at the "value" of the 75,000 mile Standard Award for first class to Hawaii on CO, I use $1400 rather than the lowest published first class (D) fare of $2800. This would give me a "value" of 1.87 cents per mile. Note that using the cash D fare would have given me a "value" of 3.73 cents per mile.
Thanks for the explanation. I don't agree though. If you redeem miles for a free ticket, its still free. If you are in Y J or F its still free. I myslef tend to buy tickets and upgrade with the miles. This comes down to your view of miles and redemption.
[This message has been edited by Arcolaio99 (edited 06-22-2003).]