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Old Jul 8, 2016 | 9:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Tokyoite
worth....is subjective, and only you can know the worth.
economy is doable, but is it worth 40k points?
if you can afford 75k points, then go for business.
if you can afford a "doable" economy ticket paid in cash, them buy economy and save the points.
The economy ticket for the direct flight is ~$1800 as of right now, which is more than I want to pay. So yes that is definitely worth 40k points. Especially when AA would want 65k, and that would require both a connection and flying an American airline!
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