I am planning to travel across the country leaving late August in 2010. I have around 22,000 AGR points right now and I am hoping to start making reservations as soon as I can (at the end of September). I am trying to determine which portion of my trip to pay for and which portion to use my points.
I have tried to calculate the fare as if I traveled the month prior to when I plan to travel. Of course, I want to get the most "bang" for my points.
I plan to travel:
from ORL to DEN (2 zones) approximate cost with bedroom 1749
from DEN to SEA (1 zone) approximate cost with bedroom 1241
from SEA to West Glacier (1 zone) approximate cost with bedroom 281
from West Glacier to ORL (3 zones) I can't get enough points for 3 zones, so it does not matter.
I think the decision between DEN/SEA and SEA/WGL is a no brainer because both would cost me 20,000 points, and I would get much more value using the same number of points from DEN-SEA.
I am thinking that DEN-SEA is also a better deal at 20,000 points than ORL-DEN at 30,000 points, especially since I would have to purchase almost 8,000 points.
I like to pride myself at being pretty good at math, but these are new equations for me and I am a bit confused.
Does anyone see anything that I have missed, or have any other suggestions?
Thanks.
I have tried to calculate the fare as if I traveled the month prior to when I plan to travel. Of course, I want to get the most "bang" for my points.
I plan to travel:
from ORL to DEN (2 zones) approximate cost with bedroom 1749
from DEN to SEA (1 zone) approximate cost with bedroom 1241
from SEA to West Glacier (1 zone) approximate cost with bedroom 281
from West Glacier to ORL (3 zones) I can't get enough points for 3 zones, so it does not matter.
I think the decision between DEN/SEA and SEA/WGL is a no brainer because both would cost me 20,000 points, and I would get much more value using the same number of points from DEN-SEA.
I am thinking that DEN-SEA is also a better deal at 20,000 points than ORL-DEN at 30,000 points, especially since I would have to purchase almost 8,000 points.
I like to pride myself at being pretty good at math, but these are new equations for me and I am a bit confused.
Does anyone see anything that I have missed, or have any other suggestions?
Thanks.