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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by karung99
There are suckers to buy these. It is great revenue for Airlines.

I would not even consider it in a minute.
I fly from Texas to Eastern Europe about 4 times a year. Off season a coach ticket is about $900, in season about $1300. If I were to use miles to upgrade the tickets across the Atlantic would and anywhere from $500 to $1000 in fees depending on the airline I use (AA vs CO). When US runs their 100% bonus miles, I can get 100K US miles for about $1400. I can redeem those for a business ticket on Lufthansa that would cost $4000 with advance purchase or $8500 if bought within 50 days of departure. So I guess I am a sucker for doing that. US has ran their promotion three times so far and I have cashed in three C tickets. I have never been able to find a C ticket to Eastern Europe for under $2500.
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