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Old Mar 20, 2012, 7:44 am
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lwildernorva
 
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Originally Posted by aubreyfromwheaton
I <3 my Avios for short haul Eminem/8 Mile to Big Apple
I'm stunned I know this. Eminem, the rapper, is from and 8 Mile Road is in Detroit.

I saw this change as one of the true positives in the BAEC revisions (I refuse to call it a devaluation) last fall. Short-haul flights can be vastly more expensive than long haul flights in the US (and other places I gather). Most of the US FF programs require at least 25K miles to redeem, no matter the length of the flight, so if I want to redeem on a flight from ORF to JFK, I can either spend 25K AA miles or 9K Avios for a flight that generally costs $350 RT. This fall, I'll take my two younger sisters to New York City for a long weekend and will drop 27K Avios and about $15 to do it.
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