Originally Posted by
RealHJ
22,500 miles for $179 WJ flight isn't exactly good use. Such awards are normally even below $0.01 per mile value. You are right, it is indeed ridiculous as to how poor value it is. (Though, of course, on some select routes there may be the occasional sales when the value is actually good, as in considerably above 1cpm. Usually it's just in X, though there have been the occasional O awards on DL itself also that are high, but not super extremely outlandishly though (as is the norm).)
ROUTINELY, I beam $.01 per mile on trips to Flordia. No, they aren't especially expensive with cash but still offer a good value. I have seen them as low as 7,500 and trust me, the cash price never got close to $75. I got almost $.02 on a trip to LGB last month. Of course, there are "bad" deals but there are plenty of good ones too.
Also, Delta Vacations is fixed at higher than $.01, although I forget exactly what it is....maybe $.013? Having said all of that, 22,500 for a $179 flight is still a trade, in my circumstances, that I am willing to make since I have a lot more SkyMiles than I do cash.