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Jun 16, 2010 | 7:16 am

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Strawb

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: London, U.K.

Programs: bmi British Midland International Diamond Club

Posts: 3,443

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Originally Posted by clubman

All depends on how many miles you have and your prospects of earning more in the future.

if the OP had 500k miles in their account then yes, using 200k on a VS UC flights wouldn’t be too bad (Raffles would disagree with me here, I'm sure...).

I'd disagree with you even if I had a million DC miles! It is a huge waste to redeem any Diamond Club miles to the US with VS full stop. Why would anyone want to redeem 100K DC miles on a return business class ticket when, for only 12,500 more miles you could get First Class both ways on LX? LX flies to most VS destinations except LAS. The OP has more than enough miles needed for 2 return tickets to the US in First Class - that's only 56,250 miles one-way for a full mileage redemption.

6,250 miles extra for a quality First Class product like LX over a sub-standard Upper Class is a steal! @:-)

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