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Comment by scarface_74

2 years ago

Amex charge cards encourage you to pay off your balance every month.

But award bookings through partners have their own hoops. But I don’t have to “fly J to Bali” - a popular meme in r/awardtravel. I look for economy flights.

The flight I was talking about to see my parents is to an airport with only three commercial flights a day inbound and two outbound. All to and from Atlanta. So of course it is over priced

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Retric  2 years ago

> So of course it is over priced

I don’t know about the airline you mentioned, but as an example of what I am referring to Delta offers Active Military members a discount on flights that simply isn’t going to show up for you. https://www.delta.com/us/en/special-circumstances/military-t...

That’s price discrimination which has nothing to do with bulk purchases. It’s simply another leaver they can optimize so most seats are used while they also maximize what they charge for those seats.

Saying it the ticket is worth X, when that’s literally the highest price they charge anyone is misleading.

  • scarface_74  2 years ago

    I am referring to booking flights on Delta through KLM. Since the airport I’m referring to is a small regional airport in south GA with only two commercial inbound flights a day both on Delta, of course they are overpriced for a 50 minute flight.

    I don’t have a choice if I want to fly to see my parents since that’s the only airline that services their airport.

    But a more popular route I take is from Orlando (MCO) my current home to my former home Atlanta - a Delta hub. Those flights range from $100 to $175 one way. Again by booking Delta flights through Virgin (a UK airline) is 7500 points making the Amex points worth 2 cents each. If you want to fly direct to or from Atlanta, you’re going to fly Delta more than likely.