Originally Posted by
swamyb
I wanted 75k miles to book an award travel. I compared the fare and the cost of buying miles. Looks like they want 2100 for 75k miles plus my 15k miles for a RT tix between sfo and mad. I searched their fare, it only costs 1400. Why somebody buy miles when one can have cheaper fare?
This is very basic stuff-- try a search for same ticket in business class.