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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by mooper
If you have any use for a domestic trip, use 50K of the miles for two RT tickets within the US. Low/saver availability is widely available for many routings... I redeem dozens per year. If you have sufficient status with DL, you can leverage the value further by redeeming, with no fees, for last-minute flights that often cost a lot otherwise, sometimes achieving CPMs of 3+.
DL has awfully high mileage pricing even for domestic trips and DL is the worst airline when it comes to fees applicable to award tickets.
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