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Old Apr 18, 2012, 1:42 pm
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ma91pmh
 
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Originally Posted by Jesperss
All depend on how you view the airline transfer.

US Air recently had a 50% bonus - I transferred 67.5k to US Air and ended up with 120k miles after the bonus. Booked two tickets on a United Flight that would have cost me 130k miles through UA but instead did it through US at 120k.

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that is a good redemption. there are good examples on both sides. net-net i don't think anyone can make a convincing argument that either currency is worth especially more than the other, so a logical corollary is that they are about equal value
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