Originally Posted by
MKEque
Has anyone confirmed that a flight to/from Milwaukee will get you 3x the points while the promos overlap?
I know the language says nothing about not being able to combine promos and running a city specific promo along with a nation wide one wouldn't make sense if you dont get anything extra out of it.
Also, I saw someone said that if the WGA fare is higher then 10% your original fare it isn't worth re-booking to get the 2x points. Can someone hlep me with the math if you could get 3x the points.
I booked a WGA at $58 base fare earning 348pts. I can rebook at $99 base fare and would get $1782 if the 3x hold up. I'm just not too sure on what math to apply to figure out if its worth it.
Thanks
As others have said, based on past promotions it seems almost certain you would get triple points for WGA to/from MKE. It's happened in the past except when there's an explicit disclaimer on combining promotions.
The points are worth about 1.67 cents each, so your decision is whether to spend $41 more to get about $30 worth of points. The answer is no, but it's worth signing up in case there's a sale later.
In general, triple points would only be better than an older WGA fare if: [extra points] > [extra cost].
So this can be expressed as: ((O+A)*18 - O*6) * $0.016666 > A
Where O = original fare, and A = additional cost of new fare at triple points.
Distributing, we get: 0.3*A + 0.2*O > A, which means we would be happy to buy the new ticket when the increase is less than 2/7ths (28.5%) the price of the original ticket.
That means for you, with an original cost of $58, you need a price no higher than $74.50 for it to be worthwhile to rebook @ triple points WGA.
Incidentally, I reckon that you need less than 1/8th (12.5%) if you're just talking about double points, but the earlier poster is correct that it's probably not worth the time of doing it if it will be more than 10% more expensive. A similar rule of thumb for triple points is 25%.