Originally Posted by
ZapperO
Very good analysis.
It seems that on my recent BOS to OAK booking for $200 OW, I may have made the wrong choice of using CompanyBlue (assuming using CompanyBlue negates the double TrueBlue points). This would work out to be a savings of $22 cash vs. potential True Blue credit worth $36-$48. Hmmm.
Can anyone speak to whether you lose the 2x TrueBlue credit for reservations booked through the CompanyBlue website?
If not, I'll be back in three weeks to update the thread after my flight.
Well, since you're on a OW, that essentially halves the bonus points you'd be giving up, so the threshold would be $18-$24, or a $163.50-$218 ticket price. With your $200 ticket right in the middle of there, I'd say you made a good call. You get the rewards in cash as opposed to TB points, and you get the rewards today, as opposed to whenever you redeem your points (at which point they may be devalued based on early guesses as to TB2)
EDIT: Just read
medic-again's post above, and it looks like you get the best of both world - making this analysis completely and utterly useless
