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Feb 6, 2008 | 10:02 am

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FlyerBeek

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Originally Posted by littlejimmy112

Found a CMB-MLE on Emirates for $214...

Don't forget to look into business fares on Emirates CMB-MLE. They are usually a bagain, even on such a short flight, at only $50 more.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SanDiego1K

Then I'd book an award ticket from SIN-MLE on SQ using my UA points.

I actually wouldn't recommend this (unless you have a ton of UA miles you otherwise have no use for), since UA considers the Maldives as "Central Asia" you'll need to redeem 40k/60k (Y/J) miles for this short 4hr flight (with a pretty bad return time). Flying to CMB, or purchasing tickets from (SIN, KUL, or BKK) seem to offer a far better value.

-FlyerBeek

Last edited by FlyerBeek; Feb 6, 2008 at 10:10 am

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