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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:04 am
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clacko
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only you can decide.....divide ticket price less cost of fees by mi's to get the mi value....

in your example, you could go 1st for 25k more mi which would a better value per mile....

if you are out of work, keeping the $280 might make sense....

good luck...
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