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In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its a
bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares were
favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not been
paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with just ~20% of
its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total for two).
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its a
bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares were
favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not been
paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with just ~20%
of its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total for two).
So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
:-)
On 12/18/2024 12:17 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:Ah yes, accumulating FF miles on company travel took us to Hawaii 9
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its a
bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares were
favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not been
paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with just ~20%
of its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total for two).
-hh
times with almost no expense. Enjoy it while you can.
On 12/18/2024 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its a
bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares were
favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not been
paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with just ~20%
of its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total for two).
:-)
Alan once again deflects attention away from the issue.
On 2024-12-19 07:33, Tom Elam wrote:
On 12/18/2024 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its
a bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares were
favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not been
paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with just
~20% of its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total for
two).
:-)
Alan once again deflects attention away from the issue.
Alan chose to ignore your bullshit.
On 12/19/24 12:30 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-19 07:33, Tom Elam wrote:
On 12/18/2024 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. Its >>>>> a bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but airfares
were favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account that we'd not
been paying attention to had built up a healthy balance, so with
just ~20% of its balance, got two RT tickets for just $50.66 (total
for two).
:-)
Alan once again deflects attention away from the issue.
Alan chose to ignore your bullshit.
Well, it did make me briefly wonder just how many tickets to Hawaii I
could buy from my main FFM account, if I were so inclined...
...although since his claim was retrospective, retconning here needs to include FFMs already spent on destinations far further afield, such as
120K dropped for a BusinessFirst upgrade on EWR-HKG: that amount was probably worth 3 FFM coach tickets to HNL just on its own.
On 12/20/2024 4:26 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/19/24 1:57 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/19/24 12:30 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-19 07:33, Tom Elam wrote:
On 12/18/2024 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense?
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025.
Its a bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but
airfares were favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account
that we'd not been paying attention to had built up a healthy
balance, so with just ~20% of its balance, got two RT tickets for >>>>>>> just $50.66 (total for two).
:-)
Alan once again deflects attention away from the issue.
Alan chose to ignore your bullshit.
Well, it did make me briefly wonder just how many tickets to Hawaii I
could buy from my main FFM account, if I were so inclined...
...although since his claim was retrospective, retconning here needs
to include FFMs already spent on destinations far further afield,
such as 120K dropped for a BusinessFirst upgrade on EWR-HKG: that
amount was probably worth 3 FFM coach tickets to HNL just on its own.
Well, while waiting for my Windows VM to update to version 24H2, I
found this:
<https://awardwallet.com/blog/new-unpublished-united-partner-award-
chart/>
Seems that routes to Hawaii used to be as cheap as just 10K/pp, so 9
coach RT's for two could have cost as little as just 360K FFM's.
Overall, the devaluation of FFMs since that era illustrates that all
other factors being equal, it makes more sense to use them up fairly
proactively instead of hoarding them.
-hh
I think I paid 15-20k pp.
Not to mention about 10 trips to Europe on points too, more
than 1 first class. Plus quite a few family ski trips.
This is why I take cash rebates instead of points.
On 12/20/2024 9:58 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/20/24 7:05 PM, Tom Elam wrote:
On 12/20/2024 4:26 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/19/24 1:57 PM, -hh wrote:
On 12/19/24 12:30 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-19 07:33, Tom Elam wrote:
On 12/18/2024 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2024-12-18 09:17, -hh wrote:
On 12/18/24 10:29 AM, Tom Elam wrote:So where are you going? Or would you rather keep us in suspense? >>>>>>>>
In case you missed it there was an earlier post ...
Yes, we all saw that troll attempt too.
In the meantime, I've started to book our first trip for 2025. >>>>>>>>> Its a bit earlier than what we normally do to do this, but
airfares were favorable. Plus I discovered that a FFM account >>>>>>>>> that we'd not been paying attention to had built up a healthy >>>>>>>>> balance, so with just ~20% of its balance, got two RT tickets >>>>>>>>> for just $50.66 (total for two).
:-)
Alan once again deflects attention away from the issue.
Alan chose to ignore your bullshit.
Well, it did make me briefly wonder just how many tickets to Hawaii
I could buy from my main FFM account, if I were so inclined...
...although since his claim was retrospective, retconning here
needs to include FFMs already spent on destinations far further
afield, such as 120K dropped for a BusinessFirst upgrade on EWR-
HKG: that amount was probably worth 3 FFM coach tickets to HNL
just on its own.
Well, while waiting for my Windows VM to update to version 24H2, I
found this:
<https://awardwallet.com/blog/new-unpublished-united-partner-award-
chart/>
Seems that routes to Hawaii used to be as cheap as just 10K/pp, so 9
coach RT's for two could have cost as little as just 360K FFM's.
Overall, the devaluation of FFMs since that era illustrates that all
other factors being equal, it makes more sense to use them up fairly
proactively instead of hoarding them.
-hh
I think I paid 15-20k pp.
I figured 20K/pp for round trip, so 15K would've needed even less.
Not to mention about 10 trips to Europe on points too, more than 1
first class. Plus quite a few family ski trips.
Probably ~50K for business to EU. Domestic used to be very cheap,
like 5K cheap, but no longer: I ran into a quite unreasonably high
fare on a domestic itinerary last year, such that I chose to use FFMs
instead of paying north of $1K cash and it was 69,600: an illustration
of limited competition in some markets as well as the systematic FFM
devaluation.
This is why I take cash rebates instead of points.
Cashback is certainly more fungible and it doesn't depreciate as fast,
but once again, the benefit is from using accumulated balances. I'm
modestly humored that I'd rediscovered up this forgotten FFM account;
it will probably net somewhere around five free(ish) flights on its own.
I'm not a fan of leaving money in an account that does not earn
anything. There is the phenomenon called price inflation. That is a tax
of sorts on cash balances.
So, my rebates go reduce current card balances a bit, freeing up cash
flow elsewhere. At 0.65% of total income not a major factor, but in retirement every little bit helps.
The only cash balances we own other than currency in our pockets
earns something. The main savings account is 4.5% APR.