You know you are right!
As a silver it would have been $.041
Never thought about it as a way to see a city! That is a great idea.
Tom
Originally Posted by
pfbloom
Not to quibble, but SLC-MSP is 990 -- so your delta was really around 1200 miles; still not bad....
An interesting question, and I've thought about this some: whether SDC can be beneficial as a MR boost. Unfortunately AA definitely and UA I think have raised their fee to $75, so at a conservative pricing of 4.0 cpm you would need to gain 1,875 miles to break even. You had the advantage of DL lower cost, and a good choice alternate routing. Just takes a bit more work on other carriers; and a good bit more flying time, say 3-4 hours when you factor in connection time, for a somewhat limited return of miles.
I have found SDC useful, however, for adjusting connection/arrival times that may be problematic, or for taking 6-8 hour breaks to visit an interesting city, or having lunch with a friend, where you might otherwise just be zipping through the airport.