Originally Posted by
sbm12
The other place I'd condsider looking is on accruw.com. They have a "buy or redeem" calculator that lists point values in dollars for most north american programs. The data is a couple years old but it is a good starting point as it is still accurate for most the programs listed IMO.
I think you mean acruw.com correct?
You're right about the calculator being a little old.
Originally Posted by
ramolnar
Have you see Lucky9876coins' post? I would consider him an expert.
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil...r-point-worth/
I think his airline numbers are a little high, but the comparative rank is about right. He doesn't include WN, though. I value each Southwest credit at US$15, which would be about $240-250 for an award. I would also be roughly ambivalent between taking 1 WN credit and 1500 carrier miles (not Delta), so on his scale 1 WN credit is 2000-2400.
Wow. His post is very near to what I was looking for. Thanks bunches.
The combination of these two resources is quite helpful.
Edit: This is going to be tougher than I thought. The calculator at acruw.com gives a $ value per mile of the below values. AC ranks last. Yet the boardingarea.com URL ranks AC as the most valuable.
AA $0.0155 / mile
DL $0.0146 / mile
NW $0.0142 / mile
CO $0.0142 / mile
UA $0.0139 / mile
AS $0.0138 / mile
US $0.0136 / mile
AC $0.0133 / mile
I think there might be too many variables (some of which are subjective) to assert confidently that when given the choice of 3K on XYZ Airline or 3K on ABC Airline choose _____ Airline. This goes back to many many times someone on FT starts a thread titled
"which program is the best?". The answer is always
"It depends.......".