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Old May 12, 2016 | 4:21 pm
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jmanirish
 
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Originally Posted by detony
I am trying to fly MIA-ZRH r/t biz. I am finding a reasonable fare of $2,200 r/t in biz on the Swiss nonstop. Coach is $700, so this seems reasonable to me. But I have plenty of miles and the same flight is available for 70k o/w on the Swiss nonstop MIA-ZRH. But if I use miles MIA-ZRH, the biz class fare is $12,000 o/w ZRH-MIA for the return. The biz class fare is reasonable when pricing as a r/t, but o/w in no way resembles 1/2 the same fare (o/w MIA-ZRH is also $$$). ZRH-MIA award availability is not available or I would just do the whole thing with miles. Is there some other way to book o/w biz class so it prices at the lowest biz fare available. (I believe it was a P fare).
$2,200 round trip on Swiss non-stop in biz?!? I'd pay $$ for that in a heart beat. Save those miles for trips that are really expensive.
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