Taxes of Award tickets higher than total of paid ticket
Dec 1, 2014, 3:45 am
#31
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
So overall I found that I seriously save money by no longer hoping to save on future redemptions but flying on specials whenever possible.
Dec 1, 2014, 11:43 am
#32
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
And Miles & More is not much different from most other European FFPs in this regard.
Using your miles for shorthaul bookings is an incredibly bad idea - better to keep your miles for longhaul, especially premium, redemptions - and this holds for most European FFPs (one notable exception being BA's Reward Flight Savers). So most savvy flyers know not to make such bookings unless
a) the flexibility is needed
b) the booking is for a one-way flight for which the cash price is ridiculous
c) the booking is short notice and the cash price is ridiculous
Using your miles for shorthaul bookings is an incredibly bad idea - better to keep your miles for longhaul, especially premium, redemptions - and this holds for most European FFPs (one notable exception being BA's Reward Flight Savers). So most savvy flyers know not to make such bookings unless
a) the flexibility is needed
b) the booking is for a one-way flight for which the cash price is ridiculous
c) the booking is short notice and the cash price is ridiculous
Dec 1, 2014, 7:47 pm
#33
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VCE
Posts: 14,165
And Miles & More is not much different from most other European FFPs in this regard.
Using your miles for shorthaul bookings is an incredibly bad idea - better to keep your miles for longhaul, especially premium, redemptions - and this holds for most European FFPs (one notable exception being BA's Reward Flight Savers). So most savvy flyers know not to make such bookings unless
a) the flexibility is needed
b) the booking is for a one-way flight for which the cash price is ridiculous
c) the booking is short notice and the cash price is ridiculous
Using your miles for shorthaul bookings is an incredibly bad idea - better to keep your miles for longhaul, especially premium, redemptions - and this holds for most European FFPs (one notable exception being BA's Reward Flight Savers). So most savvy flyers know not to make such bookings unless
a) the flexibility is needed
b) the booking is for a one-way flight for which the cash price is ridiculous
c) the booking is short notice and the cash price is ridiculous
Dec 2, 2014, 4:02 am
#34
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
One of the few uses of the crappy UA MP program.
Dec 2, 2014, 4:15 am
#35
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,671
If you need "flexibility", don't book awards, unless you are prepared to buy a one-way full fare ticket when the need for "flexibility" arises.
HTB.