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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 2:16 pm
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djoblong
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: LAX
Programs: QFF NB, UA - 1K, SPG Gold, Hertz #1 Gold
Posts: 107
Taking family to Australia - miles for Y or pay & take chance on SWUs clearing?

Folks

I have 8 SWU's in my account. I am torned between trading them away as I don't do much international flying or using them for return flight to Australia at the end of the year.

Right now I have Y class booked on points for me + the 3 other oblongs in the family. I could instead take the 320K miles back, by 3 Y seats for ~ $8K and use the SWU's.

The issues I see are:

1. I am the only 1 K so others may not get upgraded and then we'd be split up
2. Is business really worth 8K?
3. Could I get better value trading SWU's away and sticking with what I have?

Any feedback would be welcome.

Cheers

DJO
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