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Feb 15, 2017 | 11:26 am

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Originally Posted by snostr

I'm planning a trip for xmas time and I can either use 140k miles per person for delta one to cities I'd prefer not to fly in and out of or $3k per person to the exact cities I want and apply 280k miles and get 3k off the tickets.

Is 3k a good fare? Any benefit in waiting to book?

thanks

As to using miles to pay for a cash ticket.... not generally the best use of miles, unless you either have not other use, or lots of miles to burn. Using miles for tickets basically means you getting $.01 per mile.

As to flying delta one vs coach.. that is your own financial decision.

By the way, Emirates flys JFK-Milan, often with great fares.

And, award tickets price out the same (usually for one way vs roundtrip where cash tickets are usually much higher for one way)

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