Originally Posted by dayone
If the flight is wide open and your parents "are in good shape financially," have you considered splitting the deal with them your miles and their cash? Maybes it's worth the money to Mr. socalterp if he is used to traveling J. Just a thought.
Interesting (and pretty good) suggestion, IMHO.
Heck, the flight is so wide open that if it were me-- and I wasn't on extremely cheap tix-- and if I didn't have VIPs-- I might cancel the ticket (use it as a credit towards a future ticket) and get 2 90K awards instead. I do understand the OP is not a position to do that, but personally I'd sooner do that than fork over the fare + 25K +$250 each way.