Originally Posted by
jsloan
Is this round-trip or one-way travel? 155K miles is a lot.
How many of these miles did you earn on those credit cards? If the answer is most or all of them, you can get an effective rate of one cent per mile by using United Choices. You buy the cash ticket that you want, and then you get a statement credit by trading in miles. For 310K miles, you could buy a $3100 fare and come out even. (Actually, you'd come out ahead, because you'd earn miles on your flight).
When you are traveling?
That's 155K for a one way Business Everyday if one booked, 240K for one way if two booked, there are no business saver awards, never seen them in the two years we've been trying to do this trip. Most of those miles were eared with a** in the seat, used to be 1K member but some were from credit card. The cash fare is $3,224 per person so your idea isn't justifiable.