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Old May 22, 2008, 2:59 pm
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mshachar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Originally Posted by Dovster
Tell me about it! El Al uses points, not miles, and charges 900 points (which represents a lot more flying than 50,000 miles would) for a r/t ticket TLV-MXP-TLV. In addition, you have to pay $491.

I just bought the ticket without using any points and paid 10 cents less.
I just stopped accumulating on LY.I noticed in January when they had a deal to cash in 1100 points instead of 1400 for a ticket on "selected" flights to New York,I paid nearly $400 for a free ticket(today it is $497) and a friend paid $599 plus 100 points. I switched ALL my flying and accumulating to DL.
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