Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
It is not an award, this is a "normal" cash purchase where the miles are part of the payment -- 1 cpm. Note the earning is only on the cash portion of the payment.
This is not thsame as the pmUA award option were the cash effectively was used to purchase miles. And those were not mileage earning tickets.
So the new approach is better but for those with credit card miles -- a Choice Points purchase is better because you earn on the entire ticket price.
probably.
IME, any miles and money fares I’ve seen (DL used to offer these, I think..maybe they still do) are pretty bad value. At least for hotels, when Marriott does it, it is split up by night, and is the same price per night (though without the ability to use discounted rates like AAA, etc).
also, much easier to award miles now vs. when PMUA did this. Back then, miles were based on…well….actual mileage, so splitting up would have been possible, sure, but more complicated and less transparent. With PQP based on $, much easier and more transparent to be able to allow the accrual on the part of the price being paid in cash only.