Originally Posted by
ajggiant
In terms of valuation, I wish SB points were worth 4 cents. But they’re definitely less valuable than SM. The SkyBonus award tickets/certificates are restrictive in terms of fare class availability required to apply. For instance, US-Australia is 1,000,000 for a Z fare and 1,400,000 for I. These are round tips. For the one way domestic upgrade certificates, inventory is same as RUC inventory, and is 25,000 for YBM fares or 50,000 fares down to K.
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I agree with you on the value of SkyBonus points--I've had the worst luck using the points. I have several upgrade certificates and have not had much success in using them. I get the impression that they came out of a different inventory than a RUC--My success rate with a RUC is much better than with a SB certificate.