Originally Posted by
Stoughton
Maybe I'm missing something here but I see regualr comments about how people wouldn't use their miles for an international coach ticket, prefering to use them only for higher class seats, and I don't understand why?
Clearly those seats would be more comfortable but isn't there a higher rate of return with the lower cost seats?
For the (miles) cost of a 1st class seat, I can get 2 seats in economy. Sure, you get a bigger seat and for the duration of the flight, you may be a bit more comfortable but is it really worth it? I hate flying as much if not more than anyone else but I really don't see the value of burning a ticket for a -tiny- amount of added comfort. 9 hrs in a tube is sucks no matter how you slice it
Is this all there is to it or am I missing a bigger picture here?
I am traveling from Zurich to Kolkata,India on BA with AA miles. The economy tickets were 20k miles and business was 30k miles.....and for that 10000 miles extra i cannot even think about any calculations.
Individuals might give different cost to their miles based how they accumulated it, different cost to the comfort they receive on business vs. economy and hence you might be right from your point of view but might be wrong from my point of view and vice versa. Anyways, enjoy your trip wherever you are jetting.