FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - What is your earning/redemption strategy

Dec 22, 2002 | 7:05 pm

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brundlefly76

Join Date: Oct 2002

Posts: 27

I just earn miles by buying tickets and only redeem for upgrades. Dollar for dollar an upgrade is worth 2-3X as much as a ticket.

A trancontinental RT is worth about $400, but a transcontinental upgrade is worth about $1100 (YMMV). Of course the value to personally is more important then the dollar value.

But other folks will want tickets especially if they usually fly shorter flights.

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