Originally Posted by
kennycrudup
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ursine1, how is it- I guess I'm being dense today- that some of those DEN-LAX are $121 or 7111 points and some of those are $113 or 7161 points if the redemption values are fixed?
The point redemption value is calculated only on the
base fare.
On a cash booking, you pay base fare
plus taxes and fees. And those fees change if, for example, your flight has a connection (you pay 2x the Flight Segment Tax vs a non-stop).
On a points booking, many of those fees aren't charged.
Picking three random dates all with a different cash price, you can see below that in each case
the points cost is 78/$1 of base fare.
