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Old Sep 2, 2010, 4:17 pm
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Gamecock
 
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Originally Posted by PixieGal
I am VERY cheap, and will search hours to get the cheapest flight/hotel/etc., and I've noticed that the cheapest flight is not always the same airline.

Pix

Cheap?

Start think about the miles you will accumulate as having value.

There are numerous threads where the exact value is debated, but you are entering a world where more than dollars spent count.

For example, the value I am placing on miles is relative to a trip I want to take, around the world in 1st class, when I retire from the Army in a couple of years.

I could never afford to pay for this, but with miles I will be taking the trip of a lifetime.

Points have value. You have to decide what that value is.
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