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Jul 30, 2007, 9:45 am

#14

inagaddadavida

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: PHF,ORF

Programs: AA Gold, MR Plat

Posts: 467

Quote:

Originally Posted by yorock

Welcome skymutt and stayl13!

I would hold onto the miles unless they are near expiration. Do you ever fly out west from TPA? Delta (via SkyWest) has pretty good coverage to a lot of smaller airports out west which are normally expensive to fly to. I don't usually spend miles on domestic flights, but when I do I use them for trips to Montana. These flights are usually $400-500, maybe $350 if you catch a deal. So I consider them to be a good value for my miles. I would recommend saving your miles for a more expensive ticket.

I must agree with yorock. I recently cashed in 25k for a trip into FCA and out of JAC. It was pricing out around $700 which is more than I want to spend on a domestic ticket. For $260 however, I would grab that before the price goes up!