Originally Posted by
seaflyguy
+1
Valuing redemptions is by its very nature subjective. I consider my use of 270K miles for two $12K SEA-FRA-SEA seats in LH F to be an excellent value. That might change if my wife and I had small children traveling with us (we won't), or if my accumulation of points slowed and we wanted to maximize our number of overseas trips (it might). I don't begrudge anyone their calculation of what FF points are worth; I just want them to acknowledge that the calculation can't be done objectively for all people.
oh absolutely! There was a time when I was a stay at home mom and we used miles for trips to grandma and Dizzyworld. Going on vacation for the least $$ was the most important. We went on age appropriate vacations with balima jr and were happy. I can't put a value on the face of my then 5 yr old, looking into the eyes of Cinderella and saying "Mommy, she's real". In a month we will take balima jr and a friend to Europe for two weeks as a graduation gift - business class.
Values change. As far as I am concerned it is not always about cpm, but the value I put on the situation at the time.