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Jul 12, 2005 | 2:53 pm

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vincom

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Join Date: Jun 2004

Location: EWR (Wayne Township, NJ) and PHX

Programs: CO OnePass Plat and SPG - Plat, Marriott Plat (don't use -it's a comp), AmericaWest CP

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Quote:

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.

I dont use my miles for air rewards... @ OnePass I transfer them to amtrak and redeem them for gift certificates, I used to be able to gt Bloomingdales ones until amtrak changed the program a bit.

-Vincent