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Old Jan 19, 2017 | 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by Toshbaf
Reasons to do it later:
1. Want to redeem a VX trip where the usual airfare is low. Points needed could be less than redeeming an AS award. On the other hand, expensive domestic awards (based on airfare) makes AS a better redemption method.
2. Want to redeem using VX partners that don't participate in AS.
3. Want to redeem a VX trip in MCS, which is not currently available via AS.
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