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Using points or $ question
My choice for an identical itinerary for yyz-ord-san is the following:
Use 12,500 miles plus $57.60 in fees, or pay $266.91. I will earn 2695 miles for the trip if I pay, including a 25% bonus for being lifetime gold. If I just take the $57.60 out of the equation (since I pay that either way), my choice is to pay $209.31 and earn 2695 miles, or pay 12,500 miles. Am I correct in saying that this equation values the miles at 1.4 cents per mile? So that if I think the miles are worth more than 1.4 cents, I should use money? And if I think the miles are worth less than 1.4 cents I should use the award travel? |
Originally Posted by emaij
(Post 22887980)
My choice for an identical itinerary for yyz-ord-san is the following:
Use 12,500 miles plus $57.60 in fees, or pay $266.91. I will earn 2695 miles for the trip if I pay, including a 25% bonus for being lifetime gold. If I just take the $57.60 out of the equation (since I pay that either way), my choice is to pay $209.31 and earn 2695 miles, or pay 12,500 miles. Am I correct in saying that this equation values the miles at 1.4 cents per mile? So that if I think the miles are worth more than 1.4 cents, I should use money? And if I think the miles are worth less than 1.4 cents I should use the award travel? Even if you think the miles are worth more than 1.4 cents, you may want to use the miles for this booking. Possible reasons why: don't want to do cash outlay, cost to acquire new miles is low, already have an abundance of miles. |
If you fly enough on AA for elite status, you also need to take the EQM/EQP/EQS into account.
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