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Old Dec 5, 2018, 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
How do you figure that one MQM is worth at most 2 cents? These aren't the same as redeemable miles, where two cents might be a very rough approximation.

At two cents per MQM, DM would then be worth $2,250 per year, which one can get pretty easily from choice benefits alone: 4 GUCs used on TATL/TPAC flights, SC membership, a couple $200 vouchers, etc. YMMV.
Agreed -my math may be wrong but I suggest at 125,000 MQM for DM and 15,000$ then rough math says at 10 cents per MQM is 12500 $ which is not enough for DM. But 12 cents per MQM gets you there. So I estimate an MQM is worth 12 cents. As I confess you can argue that my reasoning is not sound - or indeed my math.
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