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Jan 1, 2015 | 7:10 am

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

I got into the habbit of trying to use stopovers to get availability. For example, I once got a low BE ticket to SIN because I was willing to send two nights in Tokyo on the return. Also, if I must do an overnight connection, I often prefer to make it a full day or two rather than just seven hours to sleep in some airport hotel.

The consequence of this change in pricing practices means generally higher mileage ticket prices to repeat the kind of thing you mention above.

The 2015 shift toward penny-ization of redemption ticket values (per SkyMiles) won't help many. SkyPenny 2015 is here.

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