Originally Posted by
methodman
My bad.
When the original post was made, I tried to search for the original deal myself on wideroe. What I saw the $400-ish price, but it was for one-way flights, not round trip. And of course, AC had a comparable price. So I didn't see what the big deal was.
The Wideroe deal is not a big deal, even for $400 roundtrip, in terms of miles. The Air China class is 50% accrual so it's basically paying for $800 on Air Canada which will give 100% accrual, for most mileage programs like MP and AP. Not to mention the elite bonus that can give up to another 100% on bonus RDM. 200% RDM miles vs 50% RDM miles is a no brainer for me.
Given that flying to China has been very cheap lately ($500-700) on both AC and UA, I would say the value proposition is even weaker.
This deal is only good for casual fliers who are just looking for a ticket that's about $100-200 off the normal price. For frequent fliers and those concerned about miles, there's very little value. The JFK-MXP deal was much better.