Special Forum for Airmiles Deals

[neospite]

so its actually wiser to use the miles for short hales in north america instead of long one say asia?? since short hauls only cost 15k miles and would cost $500 in real dollars, so with 75k i could get about 5 short hauls=$2500 dollars, but one ticket to asia is 75k miles=$1500 dollars??  

i guess iam better off using the miles for short flights??

I would value most short hauls at only $300-350. You still have to pay taxes on each flight, so it could even be worth a little less. Your estimate of $1500 for a trans-pac sounds about right.

The best value comes from using the miles for int'l J class. A typical J class fare YYZ-SYD comes out to about $10,000. You'll use 100K for this 20 hour flight. J class for North America isn't worth it since most of the bus class seats on A319, A320, and domestic 767's only amount to 6-7" more legroom. Int'l configured bus class have a 55"-60" seat pitch.

on expedia.ca it says $6000 for j-class to china from ottawa... and for short hauls say ottawa-california its around $500 dollar

[HighFlyer]

so its actually wiser to use the miles for short hales in north america instead of long one say asia?? since short hauls only cost 15k miles and would cost $500 in real dollars, so with 75k i could get about 5 short hauls=$2500 dollars, but one ticket to asia is 75k miles=$1500 dollars??  

i guess iam better off using the miles for short flights??

I would value most short hauls at only $300-350. You still have to pay taxes on each flight, so it could even be worth a little less. Your estimate of $1500 for a trans-pac sounds about right.

The best value comes from using the miles for int'l J class. A typical J class fare YYZ-SYD comes out to about $10,000. You'll use 100K for this 20 hour flight. J class for North America isn't worth it since most of the bus class seats on A319, A320, and domestic 767's only amount to 6-7" more legroom. Int'l configured bus class have a 55"-60" seat pitch.

on expedia.ca it says $6000 for j-class to china from ottawa... and for short hauls say ottawa-california its around $500 dollar

You'll find different prices for different cities. I used SYD as an example, since it's the most expensive and the longest flight where sitting in Y would be torture.

Ottawa-California is not a short haul.

[chimaera15]

I'm surprised this idea hasn't been implemented yet. With all the Safeway/A&P/PharmaPlus/ e.t.c. airmiles deals being posted in the hot deals section, I'm sure there would be enough material to warrant a seperate section on RFD.

[poppa]

I'm surprised this idea hasn't been implemented yet. With all the Safeway/A&P/PharmaPlus/ e.t.c. airmiles deals being posted in the hot deals section, I'm sure there would be enough material to warrant a seperate section on RFD.

If it hasn't come up in the past 3 years, then it isn't needed.

[runamuck]

i nominate OP to start "THE OFFICIAL AIR MILES DEALS THREAD"


also THE OFFICIAL SHOPPERS OPTIMUM POINTS DEALS THREAD" would be usefull


anyone interested in getting the newest deals should "subscribe" to it..

im subscribed to the FREE PHOTOS deals thread that was a hit last summer

[Kamloops]

If it hasn't come up in the past 3 years, then it isn't needed.

??????????? HUH?

[NDman]

??????????? HUH?

The thread is 3 years old

[chimaera15]

I was looking for more posts on airmiles deals, and came accross this thread. Like I said before with all the threads in hot deals about optimum/aeroplan/airmiles/hbc/ points that we could have a subsection dedicated to rewards points sort of like on frugalshopper.