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.
It's obvious you haven't been sufficiently diligent & patient in your search for opportunities.
So far I've redeemed one domestic W-Fare coupon (equivalent to 25K mile standard award) to go visit my mother in the St. Louis area (redeemed it on exactly the same itinerary I was bumped from), and my wife & I have standard award tickets to Boise (35K miles + WP Visa promotion) in Sept. (see the Thunderbirds & visit friends near Mountain Home AFB
) & Athens, Greece (100K miles), in December.
I have no complaints.