Originally Posted by
yvrgary
It would cost you $65 to "top up" to enough points for a one-way Economy ticket SFO-YUL.
Add in $58.90 in taxes and you're paying $125 for a fare that would normally run you about $375.
That's not bad and would be useful for SFO to YVR for a long-weekend, but the costs still don't make much sense unless it were a trip we'd otherwise have planned for, once you factor in the additional booking and return fare.
As mentioned, I get fully comped for our SFO-YUL route, so the award booking wouldn't be as useful.
I suppose I'll just hang on to the points for now, in the off chance that we eventually have a winter trip to Banff or a weekend in BC planned.