Originally Posted by
domino007
Question would be - will you really pay 5K for that flight. The cpm is based on what you really are ready to pay. I took a IAD-DOH-IAH on Qatar recently with UA. The market price was around 5.5K - I am sure I would never pay that much amt for a revenue ticket.
Most likely not. But I would probably pay 3000.00 for it (especially since I would need to pay around 2500.00 for upgradeable economy + points anyways).
Originally Posted by
amolkold
Careful, now. When we say something earns us "x points per dollar," we are getting something in return IN ADDITION to the points. So I buy something from Sears with "20 points per dollar," I'm getting an item in return, plus the points. I can then sell the item back and get my money back, but keep the points.
Here, you are not getting anything in return besides the points.
That's definitely true - you're just getting the points and nothing else. When you say "sell the item back", are you meaning that you would just sell the item independently (ebay etc.)? If you actually return it, the points get taken away.