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Old Oct 3, 2011 | 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by SJC2ISP
I have about 500K+ miles in the Flying Blue program from a match from another era. I however have been unable to use the miles for quite some time.

They rarely have any seats available on the US domestic Delta network even on major routes like SFO-JFK where there are a gazillion flights a day.

The real shocker came when I tried to book an overseas trip(SFO-DEL). I was able to find a seat using the Flex award (160K Miles) but it also required almost $600 in surcharges and taxes. I have no clue where this number comes from but this is absolutely ridiculous. This almost 30-40% of what a new cash RT costs, apart from the 160K miles.

I was thinking that I could use these miles for a family vacation to Europe where the seat availability would be better but these surcharges make it worthless. I presume even SFO-Europe flights will have these ridiculous charges.

I would like to transfer these miles out to some other program. What are your suggestions/thoughts ideas?
you could try gleffs award booking service http://bookyouraward.com to see if you can make use of your miles. With taxes + surcharges, you need to be using miles for biz to get any value
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