Originally Posted by chicagoflyer
Why is this so terrible for UA? The miles being pooled by multiple parties aren't being used twice...they are simply being used period.
Based on what you're saying, UA would prefer for there to be millions of "Orphaned" miles out there that will NEVER be redeemed, thus saving them money in the long run. This goes back to my argument that we are nothing more than Revenue to them...
Well, UA is not a charity. It is a business, and we are the customers (or revenue, basically the same thing).
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Question -- why would you want to spend 40,000 miles on a $400 fare (only 1 cent/FF mile), especially if you pay an extra 1 cent/mile for 12,000 of them? That nets out to 0.6 cents per miles -- a poor value.
Just buy the ticket and use the 28,000 miles on some other trip that has availability.