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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 8:26 pm
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inpd
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Originally Posted by zrs70
Sorry, I'm not following. You can buy a roundtrip direct (nonstop I take it) for $600.
Or you can buy one way for $169 and use miles for the return (nonstop).
But if you try a roundtrip award search, direct options don't show up?
Exactly correct. No direct award for round trip but one way award direct does exist. Weirdly, the direct trip in the other direction of the award, SFO to OGG, is only $169 (now $189). Why couldn't they have the direct round trip award available given its not high revenue earning.
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