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Nov 5, 2014, 3:30 pm

#389

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Quote:

Originally Posted by finkie

I've been Plat for many many years but never came close to 1K. This year I should end my travel 3,000 miles short of 100,000

Are the extra 1K benefits worth a mileage run? I can probably do EWR-DEN-EWR for under $350. That probably makes sense, no? (I've met the minimum spend)

Depends on the type of flying you do and the type of flying you plan to do.

A hypothetical example is if you don't plan to fly at all next year - in which case, even $350 is money not very well spent.