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Old May 4, 2010, 9:49 am
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what is the best use of miles?
I have always used my miles by buying 25k award tickets (mostly jfk/lax, I can be EXTREMLY flexible with travel times/dates/even airports) - but now there are no available low milage flights at least for the next few months. And when i say no available, i mean 0 - there are 3 days in all of june where i could fly low (and that would only be 1 way), 0 in july, 0 in aug, etc. It would be better to just use pay with miles as there are flights at around $300, i dont see why anybody would book an award ticket for 40k. I even checked jfk/las or even jfk/mco for the hell of it, and those are all medium also. Is there any other better use for the miles, or am i just stuck paying with miles? I have about 150k miles, once those are gone I think so is delta. I have already stopped using my delta amex.
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Old May 4, 2010, 9:59 am
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150k = biz class for 1 to SYD via ICN on KE.
That or within the next 2 weeks book a quick trip to SIN in F for 140k miles.
No better value before saying goodbye.
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Old May 4, 2010, 1:58 pm
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This is something I've noticed too. I'm new to Delta, and collecting miles, but hunting for flights, I'm quickly understanding all the devaluation of skymiles comments.
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Old May 4, 2010, 2:42 pm
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I've used about 120,000 miles for hotels in Madrid and San Francisco (five nights in each city) via the SkyMiles Marketplace. The overall redemption value was somewhat better than $.01 per mile.

On the JFK-LAX route, given peak summer travel and the JFK runway closure, they're probably holding onto the seats for the time being in hopes of selling them. Try checking availability again 4-2 weeks out.
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Old May 4, 2010, 2:48 pm
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Another option: search for flights out of LGA. I found a few July LGA-xxx-LAX options for 25,000, connecting in IND, others connections at 32,500.
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