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Nov 20, 2011 | 10:42 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by louie-m

I just checked - out of interest - the cost on ba.com of a return flight LHR - JFK on 2 random dates in March 2012.

£386.13 per person.

Quite how you can think a choice of £386 in cash or 40,000 miles + £600 is not outrageous is beyond me. That it is "normal" doesn't mean it is not outrageous.

Well, miles tickets are fully flexible. So there's still an element of comparing apples with oranges.

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