planet_erg

I am looking for a one way to USA, but my prefered route - EDI-MCO does not have award availability. So I was thinking I might use miles plus money. Now here is the issue - my miles are in Chase Ultimate Rewards, so I need to transfer them in. I can see how many miles reward travel will cost (and the taxes and fees) but I can not do the same for miles plus money. You need to have the points in your account first before it will show the options. Once I transfer miles in, I can not transfer them back out if I decide it is not a good deal.

Would some kind person with around 28,000 - 30,000 points be willing to do a quick look for EDI-MCO on Aug 3 for 1 pax o/w in Economy or Premium using either 20k, 25k or 30k points?

Or if there is another way to do this, could someone please let me know

craigthemif

Miles Plus Money is just a discount on the paid fare, where your miles get in the range of 0.5p per mile.

Between the one-way TATL fare and the poor value of your Chase points / VS points, this doesn't look like something worth pursuing.

planet_erg

Is my math correct - that at 0.5p per mile, then 20,000 miles would be worth GBP10,000???

Does that sound correct? If so, it could be of value for me. I know there are better values, but this close in, I am struggling and the TATL costs are just crazy just now, so better to use miles to reduce the cost.

36902BRF

If only. The math is .005 * 20,000 = 100 Pounds in value. Your math was calculating as if each point was worth 50 pence (which would be one heck of a value). Depending on what Chase card you have you might be better using your UR points to purchase a flight since some cards I believe give you 1.5 cents US in value to purchase airfare.

UKtravelbear

3000 VS miles = £16.50 when it comes to using them to discouint a cash fare.

jsn55

Have you looked at booking your tix through Chase Travel Desk? You can combine URs and cash any way you like.

planet_erg

Yeah, you can also do that online. The online booking is not the best, but it does allow that. Problem is, they never have the best fares available in UR, which is frustrating. Also, UR seems to be better value when you transfer them to a FF program than use them through UR.