Hi all,

I'm sure someone can help me figure this out.

I'm looking for an award flight from the U.S to Johannesburg, South Africa. I could get an economy award ticket with United for 40K points, a mostly-business class ticket for 60K points, or I could just buy a cheap ticket from Expedia with my airline rewards credit card.

The cheap tickets always seem to be a better savings....The ticket is cheaper than a full price economy ticket and cheaper than buying the amount of points I'd be using for the award ticket.

Am I missing something here? Should I just buy the cheap ticket from expedia?

Many thanks!