alt Hacker NewsNope. 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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> 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.
> Nope. I just booked biz class flights to Scandinavia in August for 140k pts.
Was it 70k points for single passenger, round-trip business class?
It's usually 100k points for one-way business class.
More likely 70k is one-way. Which means 140k points round trip + $600+ fees, vs $2900 cash price, which is hardly a deal.
I don't know if US miles gives better deals, but in EU (Flying Blue, KLM) Amsterdam-Munich (1hr flight) business class is 52k miles. Amsterdam - Los Angeles business class goes for 550k miles. For 1 passenger.