Synopsis of an actual conversation held in Atlanta, GA, October 3, 2013.
MrsMJ: Do we have any United miles?
MJonTravel: (sheepishly) Yeeeeessss. Why?
MrsMJ: (thumbing through some catalog from MileagePlus) Because I need a camera.
MJonTravel: Do you remember our trip in Lufthansa First Class last year?
MrsMJ: Yes.
MJonTravel: That was paid for with United miles.
MrsMJ: Oh, OK. Nevermind.
Moral of the story – don’t fall for the flashy catalog from your favorite mileage program containing pictures of various electronics and other stuff. Don’t fall for it even if the price doesn’t seem that bad. And know when to say no….politely.
-MJ, October 4, 2013
Nice
It’s like redeeming hotel points for a $200 in value cruise.
At least your spouse understood. Sometimes that can be a challenge I’m sure.
Here you are dear, look at the SW Air catalog 😉
But we have a lot of skymiles that you can use. 🙂
Hahaha. Had.
Have heard this. A colleague redeemed United miles for an iPad. I thought in my mind – “I would have taken those miles and got you an iPad any day.”
Just shows that there are a lot of folks out there who do not know the ‘value’ of ‘miles’.
I hear ya. When some friends told me they had redeemed miles for a camera my blood went cold.