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Old Oct 12, 2011, 5:22 am
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Zembla
 
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Originally Posted by Xandrios
Imho this is only interesting if you:

- Would buy a C ticket anyway
- The destination is on Promo sale available
- There is availability

In that case, buying miles and getting an award ticket *might* be slightly cheaper than actually buying the C ticket.
I agree that this is the only criterea to make this intersting. What holds me back at the moment is the fact that availability is often tricky. Is that worth the (optimstically) few hundred euro difference you'd get compared to Z fare?
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