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SFO_SIN 2 hours ago

> 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.

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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. :)

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SFO_SIN 41 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 33 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 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

lol you conveniently left out 50% of the ticket fees

	▲	borski 23 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.