United Airlines, I hate you deeply.

[cardinalkarp]

What would 10K in miles even get you, a portion of a domestic ticket?

[Swirls]

What would 10K in miles even get you, a portion of a domestic ticket?

I'm guessing something like that. I bought my last flight using frequent flyer miles (granted, it was with Delta, not United - so the Star Alliance points may be more or less than Delta's requirements), and it was 40,000 miles to fly from Syracuse to Springfield, MO.

Delta used to offer a promotion type thing where you could use 10k miles at a time to subtract $100 off of your airfare.

[Arthur Dent]

They're worth about two cents each, so $200.

[G. Keenan]

They're worth about two cents each, so $200.

So that only covers the phone bill for the hour I spent talking to their useless customer reps in India.

[lukethedrifter]

They're worth about two cents each, so $200.

So that only covers the phone bill for the hour I spent talking to their useless customer reps in India.

At least they were Americanized.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

What would 10K in miles even get you, a portion of a domestic ticket?

Looks like 12,500 gets you a one-way economy ticket. So it's several hundred bucks at least.

[lukethedrifter]

What would 10K in miles even get you, a portion of a domestic ticket?

Looks like 12,500 gets you a one-way economy ticket. So it's several hundred bucks at least.

a one way ticket only available at non blackout dates. A ticket you could likely find for <$150.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

What would 10K in miles even get you, a portion of a domestic ticket?

Looks like 12,500 gets you a one-way economy ticket. So it's several hundred bucks at least.

Now he only has to spend $50 for another 2500 points + a $100 booking fee for a one way ticket to fly somewhere in a country he doesn't live on an airline he's not going to fly again. Sounds like a great deal.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Can you sell your miles? If so, I guess it has some value.

[Freed Roger]

Was about to book flight thru United - entered payment info, hit enter, and was sent to another webpage prompting me to re-enter my cc info with last 4 digits of my ss# to enroll for free to make sure my card is extra-secure. Really weird, and I didn't want to do this crap so called up United. Ended up with their web support dept that pretty much confessed that someone has hacked their website. Glad I didn't proceed. + Searched around and found a better flight with another airline.