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Old Jun 16, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Originally Posted by jsloan

Not quite. The OP was asking about using miles (no co-pay) to upgrade to PP, then monitoring for PZ space and switching to use the GPU if PZ opened. The rationale was that using a GPU to go to PP was a waste, but OP was willing to use the miles for PP.

So, while the GPU might still be less valuable than the miles, it’s not as much of a slam dunk.
That was exactly my analysis. In fact, in this case it's exactly worth more by the $$ copay, since the mileage spent for PP and J are the same.

I would always use miles to get into PP versus a GPU, but I'm lucky in that I am consistently using all of my gpus -- so far. Were that calculus to change, my behavior may change, too.
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