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Oct 8, 2013 | 8:52 pm

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chrisksc

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Originally Posted by skylane

I'm booked SIN to KUL round trip flying Singapore Air metal using my United miles (25000 miles). The flight is $250 otherwise. My other option is to fly Malaysia or Silk Air for half the price. Am I going to be missing anything if I book on the cheaper flight on Silk metal? Looks like I wouldn't earn any miles but on a short flight that isn't a big deal.

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Originally Posted by UAPremExecflyer

Why pay (more) miles/$$$ for such a short flight? It's an hour or less. Your 25,000 miles are put to better use elsewhere.

^ Yes, I second that. For less than an hour, I would consider just budget carriers. Jetstar is having a free ticket pay taxes only promo for SIN/KUL: http://email.jetstar.com/pub/sf/Form...z9HLmb_mXes4Dw.

Good luck and enjoy!

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