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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh?

Last spring break, we flew to France for 120K points and $1K in taxes. 4 tickets on KLM.

This spring break, we are flying to Zurich. 140K points and $1K in taxes. 4 tickets again.

We stayed 4 nights in a suite in NYC with the kids for Veterans Day weekend. All the holiday decor is already up. It was 90K points total, I booked it one month out.

Booking 5 days out for a holiday weekend? Of course there is NOTHING left. [/quote]

But really it’s $1200 for 4 tickets… 300 each + tax so $550/ticket.

How is it different than just retrieving your points for money and paying $550/ticket.

It’s just really cash back.[/quote]

You're not paying $550/ticket during Easter week or summer.

Like I said: RT was 35,000 points plus $250/taxes per seat. I booked it out a year in advance. At the time, the same itinerary was $1200/ticket in straight cash. That's 2.7 cents per point of value when you deduct for the taxes I did pay. It was a good deal when it was booked.

I cannot control what the airline may be charging today for the same itinerary during Easter week to Europe. Sunk cost.[/quote]

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