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#784441 by Luke085
30 Jun 2011, 20:01
If it was me, id go full fare for miles and tier points!
#784443 by tontybear
30 Jun 2011, 20:16
If you were to buy 15,000 miles on the VS FC website it would cost you £ 240

So you are not getting £ 240 off the normal ticket price.

It depends how many miles you have and how often you fly and when they expire.

If you are a long term saver of miles say saving up for a UC reward then you are probbaly better off by buying the £ only ticket and getting the 13,056 miles.
#784481 by catsilversword
01 Jul 2011, 05:53
tontybear wrote:If you were to buy 15,000 miles on the VS FC website it would cost you £ 240

So you are not getting £ 240 off the normal ticket price.

It depends how many miles you have and how often you fly and when they expire.

If you are a long term saver of miles say saving up for a UC reward then you are probbaly better off by buying the £ only ticket and getting the 13,056 miles.


Exactly the calculations I've just done tonty! There are occasions where M + M is a great deal but very often they're not and buying the flight is a much better option...
#784490 by Smid
01 Jul 2011, 09:33
Since you don't get any miles from a M+M flight, the total actual cost in miles is about 28K (15K from pay, and 13K lost out). Which puts the pound value as 435 pounds if bought. So a technical loss of 385 pounds there.

Then again, depends if you will use the miles. The rewards redemption/upgrade process (and the fare code of the seat) means you might not use them any other way.
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