Originally Posted by party_boy
At these prices isn't it a decent idea to start looking at reward tickets? I personally value my miles at 1.5 per for a domestic trip and 2.0 on an international trip. At 500 bucks I'd rather use miles at a price point of about 400 RT. You can always book a reward ticket and if ticket prices drop, you can always buy a ticket and refund the miles. Just my .02 (or one international mile)
Thanks. I will have to look into that. Have some UAL miles to burn, but did not see much availability on their site.