| Nope. I just booked biz class flights to Scandinavia in August for 140k pts. Cash was about $7k for the same flights. In part, the reason I built this wasn't exactly to optimize 1.5cpp vs 2cpp, although that can be useful too... but rather to help me make the choice between using points vs. cash. (which, yes, is based on the cpp value). But if you don’t find it useful, I’d love that feedback too! |
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| ▲ | SFO_SIN 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > I just booked biz class flights to Scandinavia in August for 140k pts. > Cash was about $7k for the same flights. Cash price US$3,500 https://www.google.com/travel/flights/s/64QhvwAzsAGp8NUA7 August 5 to 12, Turkish Airlines, lie-flat business class all legs, round trip, Los Angeles to Istanbul to Oslo points game is over, man. but again, if it's a hobby and you like searching, winning, and finding a good deal, then sure. that has value. | | |
| ▲ | borski 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks for proving my point, as I was booking for 2pax, which is about $3500/pax indeed. And the 140k pts was total for both (+ ~$1200 total for fees, etc., in the interest of full disclosure). I was booking over 3 weeks, late August to early September, and I booked on KLM/AF. I had specific date ranges I needed to hit. Again, you don't have to like it. That's fine. But consider that "I think points are nonsense" isn't the person this was built for. :) | | |
| ▲ | SFO_SIN 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | > Thanks for proving my point, as I was booking for 2pax, which is about $3500/pax indeed. And the 140k pts was total for both (+ ~$1200 total for fees, etc., in the interest of full disclosure). Again, sounds like you're trying too hard to justify 2 cpp vs 3 cpp. Cash price $2,900/pax including fees, Aug 19 to Sep 9 (21 days), Turkish airlines lie-flat business round trip with nice short 1h30m layover at a brand new airport. https://www.google.com/travel/flights/s/fewZVhBFrtMTn7WQ6 Versus your 70k points + $600 cash fees per person? Especially with kids, or with high income, you stop caring about $1,000/person and care more about simplicity or having the trip vs not (e.g., departing on Friday cash vs Wednesday points) And if one is rich with points (1 million+), then one should have no problem spending 250k points one-way business on the date of their choice. Otherwise, they can't consume their point balance. | | |
| ▲ | borski 29 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Okay. Like I said, you don’t have to like it. I was happy with the deal I found because my goal was saving cash, and using points I already had. I am not trying to prove a point past that. $600/pax is a lot less than $2900/pax. Saving $4600 total to use 140k points is, indeed, very useful for me and a lot of other people. You have other desires and needs. Cool. You could also build those into your request, but like I said: I don’t see the point you’re trying to make other than “I don’t want to like this tool because I don’t like points in general,” which is fine. Do your thing! And I’ll do mine. :) |
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| ▲ | chronc6393 24 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | lol you conveniently left out 50% of the ticket fees | | |
| ▲ | borski 19 minutes ago | parent [-] | | $600/pax (which I disclosed) is hardly 50% of the ticket fees, which were, as I mentioned, $3500/pax or so otherwise. |
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