Originally Posted by
christep
But with the fuel tax now of $745 (BKK RT) it's not so clear cut?
These fuel surcharges are really stealth mileage devaluation. As an example, HKG/SFO round trip requires $1.3k HKD in cash plus 60k miles??? A cash ticket can go as low as $5.2k so where's the value in trying to earn mileage?
The supposedly increased award availability has been a unicorn thus far.