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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 11:09 pm
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zbenye
 
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Originally Posted by Izzy24
Doesn't that prove the point you are attempting to disprove? The idea is that people consider the cash cost of C to determine the value of the miles they are spending, despite the fact that they wouldn't pay cash for C.
In re-reading Helena Handbaskets' post, you are correct that I did not interpret it correctly. So just view my earlier post as another recommendation for going C when using miles. I am one of those who think that the benefits of C are worth a reasonable premium. So if an all-cash C ticket was only 50% more than Y, I'd pay it just as willingly. To me it's not about the cpm milked out of the miles, it's about the cost difference between Y and C, which is tremendous when paying cash but very reasonable when using miles and therefore I recommend it.

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