<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Alan in CBR:
I'm sure a real expert will be along in a minute, but 5698 points for an extra $350 doesn't sound like a good deal to me. It takes 20000 points for the cheapest domestic award, so your $350 is getting you just over a quarter of an award.</font>
Not a really good way to look at it - taking a rocket bottom red e-deal SYD-MEL for example at $100, your 5000 points will cost you $500, so based on this it is quite good value.
Also, a lot of people don't use their points for award flights, rather for upgrades, so this would depend on what elevl of upgrade you are looking at.
Dave