Originally Posted by
crimsona
Where exactly are you going to get F tickets for under 5k CAD? Some examples please
Most F cash tickets I can see are 8k CAD, to 15k CAD. No amount of earned miles will pay for that. The cheaper tickets at 8k roundtrip are already ex-Dub and ex-Cairo
I'm not 100% sure what kind of ticket he's buying for 200k, assuming he has some himself that's possibly 2 RT tickets in F to Europe or Asia?
YVR-TYO is 6600CAD for a RT in F on AA, just from a quick look
I'm not saying it's not cheaper than an outright-booked flight, but booking a flight out-right (say, in J instead of F) gives you a lot of benefits while you collect miles to not have to purchase 200k AA miles at an unfavourable rate.
Yes I realized it's a lot of money too, but I've already got one way F ticketed and need to set up other segments to complete the circle.
Unless there is reasonable price for one way international flights purchase in cash, otherwise I think mileage ticket is still the best option?
ah, it's a one-way F flight to complete the circle - see, that makes much more sense for a mileage award than what I was thinking then. Yeah one-ways are hard to get good cash value.