Originally Posted by skywardhunter

Booked a lovely highly rated Bed and Breakfast in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town for myself for tonight (no friends wanted a free hotel tonight for today, and I didn't want to wait as I need the miles asap). 4k Skywards miles for a cost of R1100, and I get a free breakfast, and I love a hotel breakfast (hope it's good!)



That's a cost of approx. $0.021 per mile, whereas purchasing from EK is $0.04 per mile. Upgrade redemption when used on both legs (e.g. CPT-DXB-FRA) has a value of around $0.02 per mile, so it's basically just a cash co-pay to the upgrade (though for now I'm only upgrading DXB-FRA).

Finally get to try J on the A380 (I've flown Y, J and F on the 777 and Y & F on the A380 but never J on the A380!!)