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Old May 16, 2024 | 4:47 pm
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Originally Posted by PanAmWT
Thanks. May I confirm that you get 1 cent per MR point when buying airfare (before rebate), and you get to use travel credit from cancelled UA flights the same way as if you bought the ticket from UA directly?
If so I really have no reason to use CSR, not only for usability on UA tickets, also to get more points per dollar spent on air tickets.
Yes it's 1 cent per MR point prior to rebate - $100 ticket = 10,000 MR points. After 35% rebate its similar to the 1.5 cpp you get from CSR. In the past I have been able to use UA credits same as if I bought with them direct. Same is true for DL flights. The only airline I had an issue with was AA which required me to rebook via Amex travel and I ended up losing part of a credit once because of that so I try not to book AA flights using MR points.

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