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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 11:01 pm
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There's also the value aspect.

I bought a coach ticket SFO-LHR for $326. I'd be insane to blow 50,000 miles for that trip (less than a penny a mile).

A First Class ticket SFO-LHR costs $10,000. Using 100,000 miles for that seat is 10 cents per mile in value.

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