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Old Apr 21, 2010, 10:17 am
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Dieuwer
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Originally Posted by billymach4
Up until now I was a Staunch defender of the new TB2. Not anymore!!!!!

I have just been doing some preliminary plans for some future trips. I am astounded at the points B6 wants for some ONE WAY flights......

22,500 to Phoenix from JFK!!!!
17,500 from Phoenix to JFK... Come on now...... this is outrageous

30,000 from JFK to Aruba... Get the hell out of here..


Originally Posted by dieuwer2
Redeemable points are worth about $0.01. Since you get 6 points for each dollar spend, your "return" is 6% (even better when factoring bonus points). I think that is excellent.

Example:

4/3 B6 #635, $182 or 13,500 points. Value: $0.01348/point.
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