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Old Sep 13, 2016, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by madbrain
Transferring UR to United at 1:1 seems to get <= 1.5 cpp for economy tickets.
But that depends on the routing and price of the flight, right? My ticket to Yellowknife, Canada was 25k points but a $600ish ticket (and one which rarely sees discounts). For off-peak EWR-FLL/MCO even getting to 1.5cpp might be a high number.

Very much a YMMV thing which is why looking at broader trends is useful. And that is the case with many of these programs.
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