Originally Posted by
treepuppy
Do you think it's better to use up the miles now or do you guess that United will recover from this situation?
Miles never increase in value. Over time, they will
always decrease. It is always the right time to use miles....
Originally Posted by
treepuppy
That's why I'm wondering if it would make sense to use the 40,000 UA miles on the flight from S.E Asia to N. America effectively to 'get rid of the miles while you still can' or hang on to those in the future where I could likely use the miles for a trip where I would get better value?
... but it is not necessarily always the right
situation to use them. I have a similar balance to yours, and I am not rushing to cash them out, but I am well aware that the value could vanish overnight. If cash prices are so low that you feel your miles are better off staying banked, and you're comfortable with the risk that your miles might lose most or all of their value overnight, then you're not insane to want to save them.
When is the future? Are you talking about maybe being able to use them next year, or are we talking 2024?