Originally Posted by
Aussienarelle
It may be that this has always been the way but historically I only booked flights for long haul for others. I have met my PQD and FT has talked about mile devaluations.
The chart for those awards is 10K for saver and 32.5K for everyday, so anything at or below those levels is fair game up through November 14. Starting November 15, it's uncapped, so you could see anything United decided to select. For example, the day before Thanksgiving, SFO-LAX ranges from 15K-19K. The following Sunday, it's 22K-37K (and 35K-100K (!) in F).
SFO-LAS on Mon., Jan 6 (the day before CES) is 65K Y / 100K F for the nonstop flights. The return flights, that Saturday, are the same. That's double the value on the chart.