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Old Mar 17, 2023 | 6:23 pm
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Originally Posted by enviroian
Economics 101 at play here. I will be foregoing any EU travel this summer and most likely the rest of the year (except 2- UK trips for family visits).

Mileage trips to the EU are a million points in J, Hampton hotel equivalents are 350 euro, etc etc. These merchants are making a killing this year with covid revenge travel, however not at my expense. I'll resume my EU travels Q1 '24
this - nobody is forcing us to travel and pay these prices. There’s stuff to see in our own cities.

Originally Posted by wakesetter93
I've got 2x RT to Europe this summer all in J. Found reasonable points redemptions for 2 for both, though I booked them months ago.
1x AF
1x BA
2x KL
Big kudos. Maybe you’ll finish the Vegas TR - yes I enjoyed it and I want to read more more more for your Vegas trip lol
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