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Old Jun 25, 2025 | 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by safari ari
Won’t repeat what others have said around the supply and demand part of last minute airline prices that have been around for decades. But I just booked an F JFK-SFO for 40k miles last minute this week, J was going for 26k, so YMMV
It does seem that sometimes close-in awards are a good deal compared to purchased fares.
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