Point Earning - Miles versus Dollars

[Ryan]

Yet by the rules, you get the 750 point minimum on the shorter trip and only 2*$ on the longer trip. Crazy, right?

 

[KrazyKoala]

I think I would have banked more on the 2*$ rule. Pretty sure one of my tickets was $405.

 

[fairviewroad]

I think I would have banked more on the 2*$ rule. Pretty sure one of my tickets was $405.

That appears to be the high-bucket price for BOS-WAS on Acela F. So yeah, in that case you'd have been shortchanged

by 60 points if they applied the 750 Acela F rule. But I'm guessing the vast majority of the time it works the other way around,

i.e. that 500/750 rule works out better than the 2*$ rule. Other than BOS-WAS high-bucket in F, it's hard to find an Acela

ticket for more than $375 o/w. And I'm guessing relatively few people do actually spring for a $405 Acela ticket. You can buy

a walk-up one-way first-class ticket on US Airways BOS-DCA for less than that.

 

[amamba]

WAS>NYP is technically "between" WAS>PVD.

Yes but you only get 2 points per dollar spent on the acela on any trip to/from PVD.

That is why when I take the acela I always book my tickets between rte/bby/bos instead of PVD.

The only reason I have gotten to Select the past two years (I had like 9000 TQPs both years) was from aclea first class tickets (which I got with free upgrade coupons).

 

[KrazyKoala]

I just noticed, my ticket was $375......now I'll never know which way it was calculated.

 

[amamba]

I just noticed, my ticket was $375......now I'll never know which way it was calculated.

Yes, we will. I can promise you that your FC acela ticket that involved PVD was calculated by 2 points per dollar, since its not part of any city pair.