Also see:
- Just booked: A ~$20,000 Dollar Trip to Paris for FREE? You betcha!
- Hawaii: 10 Days and 3 Islands for $100 a Day
- Trip Report: Lufthansa First Class YYZ-MUC
- My Top 5 Hilton Category 2 Hotels for Award Stays
Correct me if I’m being thick because I definitely have my “forest for the trees” moments.
I read an article on Point Me to the Plane about a flight that got 2.5 cents per Delta mile.
Then the comments read: if you wouldn’t pay cash for the flights, that’s not how much the points/miles are worth.
But… I use points and miles for flights and hotels specifically because I won’t pay cash for them.
In fact, I’ve planned entire trips (like Hawaii, Paris, RTW/Australia, and Eurotrip 2014 in Lufthansa First Class) that I would’ve never paid for if it weren’t for points and miles.

I did NOT pay $7,243 for this flight… but I did pay 40,000 Avios + $453 in fuel surcharges. So what are the points worth?
I thought… that was the “point” of points and miles?