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Old Oct 15, 2016, 12:49 am
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Originally Posted by fifty_two
IUA flights may be cheap but redeem miles is another story

I checked the calculator for flying blue , a JFK-KBP-JFK in Y will cost 50K FB miles and J its only for 200k miles . So i guess with AA/DL it will be the same story
Agree, miles redemption (even with UIA miles) is not cheap.
The best option is to redeem for upgrade (wich are very cheap) : 5000 for Paris or 7500 for dubai for exemple, wich is a great deal because you earn miles quite fast with UIA.
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