Originally Posted by phinzup
I have 35,000 FF miles (not enough for a trip cause you always need 50,000) and thought I'd check on a mileage upgrade roundtrip non-stop from DTW-LAS. NWA.com shows a mileage upgrade to first class of $2111.40 + 10,000 miles. I then checked the regular first class fare for the same flights which showed a price of $506.41. That's almost 4 times the price just to use miles.
It's obvious that NW does not want anyone to redeem miles.
As others have stated please list specifics and that will help others that want to help you.
I just searched (on first try) used October 19 - October 26th, DTW-LAS and it shows 25,000 miles going through chicago or slc...37,500 for nonstops.