Originally Posted by
ftnoob
I am curious about how these estimates were determined. Yesterday I looked at some lowest fare tickets on three different routes and found roughly a $.013/point conversion factor.
It may have shifted a bit - and in the correct direction - but at the release of the program these were some numbers that were found:
Originally Posted by
bmg42000
Here are some sample point values .
5900 points will get me JFK-PIT in January (fare is 79$)
6300 points for JFK - Pit in August (84$ fare) .
14400 points for JFK - Las on May 27th (179$ fare)
47000 point for JFK - PBI DEC 26th (449$ fare)
Originally Posted by
nerd
Points seem to be worth the most on cheap fares. An unscientific survey of fare vs. corresponding point value (in cents per point):
$84 1.33
$179 1.25
$179 1.35
$219 1.25
$254 1.05
$254 1.15
$297 1.05
$357 0.95
$449 0.96
$475 1.05