Tony Crocker wrote:That mileage deal is consistent with the cash price we paid a week ago.
We fly LAX - GVA Jan. 16 and return Feb. 3, both trips via Amsterdam. $566pp round trip.
Since our trips are longer, we rent a car and go where weather/snow looks appealing. Last year that meant we landed in Geneva Thursday and were skiing 600 miles distant in the Dolomites by Saturday because it was raining to 2,000 meters in the NW quadrant of the the Alps that weekend.
Hopefully we can stay within that NW quadrant in 2019. Liz' ski club is in Verbier the last week of our trip. We may try to go there but we don't want to stay at the $600/night hotel they are using. We have done just fine in the $300-$400 range in the Alps the last two seasons. Verbier is one of the most expensive resorts, but Lech, Saalbach, Arabba and Val d'Isere aren't exactly downscale either.
ChrisC wrote:James - your expert knowledge on all these mid/small European resorts. I don't know how you track them down?!
ChrisC wrote:Last year I flew AA to Geneva for 46k miles in late January - which I thought was very good - meeting my brother in London. He used British Air miles, but still needed to pay about $380 in their fuel charges. If you fly on BA metal - it barely makes sense to use miles due to excessive fees.
ChrisC wrote:United is a bit weird with their program. If you have a United credit card, they unlock a lot more low fare options - and specifically state this. I let mine go one year, and all the cheaper mileage options to Telluride no longer appeared. Therefore, I renewed - and now the search results specifically state - only available to United card customers.
jamesdeluxe wrote:Yesterday, United posted a shocking two-day FF-award sale to its premium U.S. ski destinations through March 9: 17.5K miles roundtrip to Aspen, Jackson Hole, Vail, and Montrose (all nonstop from EWR) and one-stop flights to Bozeman, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Hayden/Sun Valley, and Mammoth. I've never seen them do that -- a shame that my destination trips/vacation time for the season are already booked.
ChrisC wrote:I just booked some United (SFO - Telluride/Montrose) flights for 8.8k miles each way in late February / early March. That's the best award I ever redeemed to Telluride. I am generally lucky to find something 25k or $300.
Tony Crocker wrote:How big a steal a FF award is should be based on what you would have paid for a ticket. My objective, not necessarily achieved, is to get close to $200 in saved airfare cost per 10K of FF miles redeemed.
Tony Crocker wrote:The 26K to Zurich was a great deal, but Delta was also having a fire sale on paid tickets, as we paid $566 to Geneva in the same time frame.
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