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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 8:12 am
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wrxmom
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Originally Posted by brooklynmatt
if you simply MUST fly without owning the right number of points then you buy, but what price is the right price otherwise?

From NYC to Tokyo May 22nd- May 29th C If I route through BOS on the Dreamliner (assuming its up) I would get to take advantage of Double Miles... the flight is about $60 more, and then I would need to get to Boston ($400 on AA $200 on JB) so I could earn 29K miles for $1460.

Or I could fly from NYC to NRT for 40K Miles RT with some fees (they say $271 but I have never seen it that high when redeeming in the past)...

I currently have enough miles to redeem 40K with ease, but should I be spending them, or earning them?
Since you fly for business so may want to consider paying for the flight so that the miles count towards elite status which will help in the long run if you plan on flying AA.

At $1050 for 29K miles, it's only $0.036/mile which is a decent cpm but keep in mind those double miles are only redeemable miles vs elite qualifying miles
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