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Old Jan 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
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Originally Posted by ethernal
Fair - the $2600 fares have D1 options for only 330K. The $3500 fares are 500K. But still, this is well under 1 cpm. Ex-ATL at least this seems to be the rule on any discounted D1 fares - your redemption rate is < 1 cpm if you try to book with SkyMiles.
Then why not use pay with miles and also earn MQMs for the trip, assuming that all segments are DL?
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