Originally Posted by
NJDevils26
If the goal is to not spend much cash on the trip, but you don’t want to use that many miles for it to be “free”, maybe consider doing the “Money + Miles” feature to help offset your cash expenditure? I just played around with it and you’ll still have to spend several thousand dollars per person plus a bunch of miles but at least you won’t be spending as much cash.
Pretty poor redemption rate at 1 cpm. Same for Chase MP credit card Pay Yourself Back
Most awards are still better than 1 cpm.
Also awards allow OWs for more rebooking flexibility.