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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Fulltime travel/mostly Europe
Programs: UA 1.7 MM;; Accor & Marriott Pt; Hyatt Globalist
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I've made a couple of trips to Europe recently and haven't found prices nearly as high as I expected due to the incredibly shrinking dollar.
I too am off to France soon and am glad now that most everything has been paid for in advance. I'd also wanted to use a SPG50 at the Prince de Galles, but am now happy they only had full awards.
Flights to Europe have been so cheap this summer that the savings there can certainly help make up for the extra costs in other areas.