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Old Aug 11, 2025 | 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by manku
I've flown to Europe for the past 7 years a bunch of times...mostly LAX-FRA, but also LAX-LHR and LAX-CDG.

I've been able to get 60K business redemptions fairly often.

Yet, when I look now, the only things I see are 100K plus (most are 200K+), and the 57.5 are on BA with a $750 surcharge.

Even Premium Economy has seemingly doubled...I just flew back from FRA-DFW-LAX for 47K each (not great), and now I see 85K!

Did things change, or do I just not fly enough and need to wait.
reduced capacity of premium seats on flights have squeezed the SWUs and inflated the redemption rates.
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