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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 7:35 am
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belfordrocks
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Originally Posted by RussianTexan
Good point, UAPremExec. Now that I'm home and off work, I had a bit of time to process things & I think it's better to stick with Singapore Airlines & inch ever closer to *Gold rather than go for the UA bonus miles. The bonus miles will only get me a 1-way economy ticket that's worth $100, $150, $200 maximum. It's not worth that much to me. Whereas if I have status, I will have some tangible benefits that I will always get to enjoy. Therefore, why not keep doing what I'm doing? No big deal.

And the increased difficulty of redeeming SQ miles just means that I will be a hoarder! YAY!
That is a very bad way of looking at it, since the best value redemptions are not 25K mile awards in coach, but international premium cabin travel. 20K RDMs is 1/5th of a US to Europe round trip in business class, which often retails at ~$10K.
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