• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Buy ticket or Use miles?

A

akshatp

Diamond Member
6 Month anniversary coming up and I want to take the wife to Las Vegas. I can get non-stop tickets from Newark-Las Vegas for Standard Economy 25,000 miles each and $5 fee, or I could buy the ticket for about $300.

Should i save the miles for a pricier ticket? I find that usually pricier tickets dont have the "Standard" option and cost 50,000 miles each.

Any travel aficionados that can help me?
 
For only $300 I would buy the tickets. That way you'll still have whatever miles you have, plus at least another 5000 for your proposed trip. As far as pricier tickets costing more miles, my understanding is that the cost in miles is not based on ticket price but on how many seats they've got left at xxx miles per ticket. So it's based on luck more so than ticket value. Also, higher mileage balances usually let you travel overseas on a free ticket and that's also worth saving for IMO.

 
True.. But I have 50k miles on British Airways, and I found that on overseas flights when you want to use miles, they publish the fare VERY low and hit you with crazy surcharges/fees/taxes/etc. I tried to book a ticket to the UK for December, the price to buy it was $386 incl all tax and fees, and if I were to use my miles for the "free" ticket it was costing me $254 + 50k miles. Their "loophole"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top