Originally Posted by yanxfann
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Although since the late 1980's I've earned the better part of 3 million miles I've never spent more than 35K miles on any one award as all of my redemptions are for coach "saver" type free roundtrips either within the 48 states (typically 25K miles) or to/from Hawaii (35K miles). As soon as my balances reach these mileage thresholds I typically make an immediate redemption to zero out the account.
PS: Not one single mile of my 3 million has been used for an upgrade - I know some FTers cringe at the thought of the indignity of having to sit in the back of the bus but burning miles for upgrades is a total waste in my book
I'm sort of the same mindset although I haven't been as fortunate getting saver awards on UA for 35k. I get it about 75% of the time and then I have to use the standard awards since there are no saver awards available. I've burned around a million or so but still have almost a million left. And I never use them for upgrades especially since UA now has E+ seating, it ain't so bad sitting in the back of the bus.
