Originally Posted by
drewcwsj
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- What is going on with award miles? As a PP my next trip to EC in J which I got a screaming $1,200 deal on only nets me 8,000 award miles. Last year on AS/AA a $1,200 J trip netted me over 25,000 award miles....
As the airlines have gone to fare-based system for award miles / RDM, "screaming deals" means a lot fewer RDMs. AA/DL included.
As a UA Plat, you get 9 * PQDs