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Old Jan 27, 2020 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by nottooshabby
Last week I was looking to book two award tickets for my in-laws to fly with us to Las Vegas in mid-October (they will usually travel with us to watch the kids, and I will be there for work so I may not be around too much anyway). Because of our schedules, only one set of outbound/return flights seemed to fit the bill (PHL-LAS). The cost for each award ticket was 48,000 miles each (for a total of 96,000 miles). I saw this midweek (Tuesday/Wednesday). Since the cash price for each ticket is ~$630, I didn't see this as too bad a redemption.
Keep in mind that cash rates can also go up and down. Domestically, barring special events, cash prices (for coach, at least) are often at their lowest about 6 weeks out.

So I would suggest you keep checking both award prices and cash prices.
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