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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by MichaelColey
I'm talking about the difference between transferring Starpoints to miles and buying flights through the relatively new SPG Flights option. I agree with you - you can get some tremendous values from Starpoints transferred to miles. It's only when you use SPG Flights that you're essentially capping the value of your Starpoints at 1.3 cents each.
Would any savvy FF ever use the SPG Flights option? Short of needing an emergency ticket I just don't see the value.
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