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Have you ever cashed in any of your airline miles?
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:06 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor United App says I have 86,439 miles. Maybe I could cash those in for a bottle of water or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011439) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:19 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot It's 800 miles for Wi-Fi. You could probably get tickets to Hawaii for 86k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011455) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:30 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I don’t see the point in these miles. I’ve been accumulating for 20 years and have probably spent $100,000 on the airlines and I can get “free WiFi” for 10 flights. Wow. What a steal. I love my status. I am elite. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011471) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:46 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot You're an order of magnitude off with that wifi calculation. And did you miss that you could probably get a free flight to Hawaii? That's not exactly bad as a reward as long as you didn't spend any of that money just to get miles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011499) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:48 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I don't want to go to Hawaii. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011509) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: aqua ticket booth candlestick maker trauma trigger from when you got cucked there? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49012274) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 12:47 PM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor No, I went to visit chandler's brother while there. I took my whole family. It was peaceful and serene. I have yet to meet chandler in person though. |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:51 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor Nonstop to Hawaii (HNL) is 25,000 miles per leg. So it'd cost 50,000 to go to Hawaii + $11.20 in airport fees. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011517) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:08 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot So looks like you could get two great roundtrip tickets then. I imagine flights to CA or whatever shithole you would want to fly to would be cheaper, or at least not more expensive than, Hawaii (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011554) |
Date: June 13th, 2025 8:08 AM Author: translucent mischievous senate many times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011442) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 8:58 AM Author: contagious shrine It’s easy to do if you have status. If you’re just an occasional flyer they make it an asspain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011532) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:02 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I am occasional flyer. I do about 10-18 flights per year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011544) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:03 AM Author: contagious shrine OK (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011545) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:04 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor United has promoted me to SILVER TIER I believe 3 times. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011546) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:05 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I am not currently in SILVER TIER, however. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011549) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:10 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot Jesus fuck, even I'm silver tier, and I hardly even fly. Just book business class to Europe a couple times and you'll be there
I think I go to gold if I do even one more flight anywhere this year |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:12 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor United requires you to fly like 20 domestic flights for silver tier and I don’t do connecting flights if I can avoid it so that’s pretty difficult for me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011563) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:14 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot No they don't. I just checked and I'm actually gold now. I flew 5 or fewer trips, one of which was business class international
You get status through qualifying flights OR by spending money. The business class trip made me silver nearly on its own |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:16 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor What does SILVER TIER even get you? You have all these status fags snapping up the economy plus seats and I have to pay hundreds more just to squeeze into a middle seat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011573) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:18 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot Board early, premiere security line, free baggage check, bonus miles, complimentary upgrades, and probably some other shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011578) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:20 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I just want to get off of the plane as soon as possible and be at my destination. There is nothing positive about flying with UA. They can keep their upgrades and their high society and their bulllshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011586) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:25 AM Author: Blue resort coffee pot Yes! Fly Spirit or Frontier instead!
Edit: wait, are you pissed off because money spent, like a single business class flight, can get status faster/easier than sweating it out with the proles over like 20 flights? |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:15 AM Author: translucent mischievous senate i flew once in business class to asia last year and got silver tier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011570) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:16 AM Author: exhilarant chestnut dilemma rigor I have never been to Asia. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011574) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:22 AM Author: Sadistic principal's office You'd fit right in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011589) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:33 AM Author: Sadistic principal's office When I was young and half broke I got in the habit of hoarding these things in case I "needed" them. Then I kind of forgot about them until one day I realized it no longer matters to me what a plane ticket costs but I had a ton of miles. So I've cashed in about 500k in the last few years, mostly Delta because that's what I usually fly. But I have about 350k aa and 600k Amex points that I'll use going forward. The value keeps going down I'm told so might as well use them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011607) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:50 AM Author: translucent mischievous senate Delta is the worst they charge like 450k one way for business class transpacific (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011648) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:57 AM Author: Green costumed space volcanic crater You can find good deals but I’ve only lucked into it a few times. There’s probably some Azn app that monitors this kind of thing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011676) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 10:00 AM Author: Sapphire brunch delta is by far the worst at this. completely insane valuation. I havent flown SQ in a decade so they deactivated my account and I cannot even search anymore. fuck them. I dont need an orchid |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:40 AM Author: adventurous vermilion stage I don't even know how that works.
The little card thing on flights says that a drink is like $10 or some number of miles, but I couldn't tell you the steps to do that. |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 9:58 AM Author: Sapphire brunch This era is so fucking over.
Years ago I remember cashing in 25k for an economy rountrip on united (really continental).
Now the credit card "miles" have inflated shit beyond any degree of comprehension. its like 160K for the same flight.
The biggest gripe was the change to "Spend" - during a period of 4 years I was traveling business class to europe constantly and each time I was credited like 1000 miles instead of the 7000 I would have been entitled to under a different regime. So after 4 business trips I was still no where near "silver tier" sps
fuck boomers |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 10:01 AM Author: translucent mischievous senate Yeah it's pretty gay, lately I've found better value in using my chase points on their own travel portal, which was always a losing proposition before (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011707) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 10:31 AM Author: adventurous vermilion stage dat 50% bump (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49011850) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 11:49 AM Author: appetizing violet tanning salon depressive United you can use miles to cut into the fare price. A couple years ago I used 7K points to save like $19. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49012136) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 11:57 AM Author: translucent mischievous senate $0.002 cents a mile is crazy goy shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49012166) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 12:15 PM Author: appetizing violet tanning salon depressive it's either that or $0.000. I will never get enough miles through regular flying and even if you do CC stuff to stack miles it ends up being a pain in the ass to actually redeem them. hotel points are far easier by comparison. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737179&forum_id=2...id.#49012215) |
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Date: June 13th, 2025 7:12 PM Author: Fantasy-prone Parlor Twinkling Uncleanness I get straight cash back on everything - i still cash in my Delta miles like every 5 years.
Not sure how people deal with this mile and points bullshit. There's all this kafka-esque rules where you can never get the flight you want - even if it is the same price its like 3x as many "miles" - so you end up spending all this time trying to navigate teh bullshit and end up sitting in a middle seat 30 rows from your significant other because they can't combine points tickets because one is a J fare and the other is an L fare.
This shit was only worthwhile before they had an army of computers working on an algorithm to make sure you could never extract any value from your "points". |