How much would the same ticket cost 20 years ago? According to US bureau of labor CPI calculator, $1000 today has same purchase power as $600 in 2003.
Sounds about right. But earning 16,000 miles back then.
Originally Posted by
jsloan
The actual distance flown is irrelevant. Howeer, under 5000 miles for a ticket over $1000 seems a bit off, unless you mean something like 4980 miles for a $1050 ticket. Given that that sounds like an all-UA itinerary, he should receive 5 miles for each dollar of the base fare — that is, the fare less the taxes and fees. It’s worth checking to make sure that he wasn’t shorted.
Your numbers are spot on.
The butt-in-seat model was all about having to put in the time to earn. Now it is all about the money it seems, though our $100/2hr flight to Okinawa earned almost 1,000 miles one way, which I guess is a pretty good cpm return.