65,000 miles or $243?
Jul 18, 2016, 3:29 am
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65,000 miles or $243?
Ok, here's a good one... Why is it that on a day when the cheapest available award is 65,000 miles for an Economy AAnytime award, I am able to book a paid fare for $243?
What gives?
What gives?
Jul 18, 2016, 4:43 am
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So, book the paid ticket.........
Award travel is not an exact science.
Nothing new here, and not limited to AA
In the old days, when Aanytime Economy was 25K and Saaver First was available for 25K. I also booked first class tickets for 25K instead of spending 25K for economy.
Award travel is not an exact science.
Nothing new here, and not limited to AA
In the old days, when Aanytime Economy was 25K and Saaver First was available for 25K. I also booked first class tickets for 25K instead of spending 25K for economy.
Jul 18, 2016, 4:46 am
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Because miles (unlike hard currency = $, EUROS, Yen, etc.) are a "fiction"
of AA's imagination. If I am buying miles from AA there is a totally different system (value placed on miles) than when I want to use them to fly.
[If AA allowed one to buy and sell miles on a World Wide Exchange, things would be different.]
of AA's imagination. If I am buying miles from AA there is a totally different system (value placed on miles) than when I want to use them to fly.[If AA allowed one to buy and sell miles on a World Wide Exchange, things would be different.]
Jul 18, 2016, 8:22 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 8:29 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 8:37 am
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AA simply isn't that way. Nor is anyone but WN and JB. You can find great point values sometimes. You find terrible points values at other times. Use points in the former and dollars in the latter.
Maybe someday it will change.
Jul 18, 2016, 8:56 am
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I am going to book the paid ticket. I'm just annoyed, that's all.
And don't get me started about B6 redemption.... that rant belongs in a different forum.
And don't get me started about B6 redemption.... that rant belongs in a different forum.
Jul 18, 2016, 8:59 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 9:27 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 9:34 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 10:00 am
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Jul 18, 2016, 10:51 am
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Because a cheap fare x 3 is not that cheap any more, and I was hoping for a decent value for mileage redemption instead.
Last edited by jayer; Jul 18, 2016 at 11:07 am