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Jun 22, 2015 | 12:56 am

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Originally Posted by labjr1

I am definitely using pay with mile. The core of the problem is that Delta is charging $1794.00 for the same departure and destination that American has listed for $976.00 (both first class). Even the departure and arrival times are very similar.

I am not sure the fares are indicative of much.

I recently priced out CUN-SFO during the holidays and was surprised to find one-way economy award seats for 37.5k. The cash price on the most convenient routing was $1100. By contrast AA was offering tix for <$500 but wanted more miles. And VX is even cheaper but I'd have to overnight on the connection.

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