MileagePlus miles are very valuable — worth 1.52
cents per mile by our estimates — but the value can vary greatly depending on how you use your miles.
Calculate the redemption value in terms of
cents per mile by dividing the cash price of the ticket by the number of miles required for an award.
Recently they even had a better deal where you could get LifeMiles for 1.1
cents per miles by sharing between 2 accounts.
Not exact matches
The hybrid electric jet will seat up to 12 people, fly up to 700
miles and have operating costs of 8
cents per seat
mile, below the operating costs of small turboprops and business jets powered
by jet fuel.
As Barclays offers a 5 % bonus redemption rate for travel purchases this can be a great way to offset the entire rate or only part of it
by earning a statement credit of 1
cent per mile.
On average, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a
mile than their counterparts did 30 years ago and heart - related fitness has also declined
by five
per cent each decade since 1975, for children aged 9 - 17.
It was likely rented for about $ 17 a day, at 17
cents per mile to enthusiasts before being purchased
by its first owner the following year.
Environmentally speaking, the Model S is classed as a zero - emissions vehicle, but as most of the UK's domestic electricity is generated
by fossil fuel - burning power stations (as of 2014, about 30
per cent gas and 29
per cent coal), every
mile you drive still has a CO2 consequence.
It should last five years or 100,000
miles before it needs replacing, but with battery prices falling
by around 3
per cent each year and capacities increasing
by 8
per cent annually, that problem should diminish with time.
Ford claims that drivers will be able to recharge the vehicle's 23kWh, high - voltage, lithium ion battery in 3 to 4 hours on 240 - volt power and that, with the help of utility rate - aware charging software developed
by Microsoft, a full charge will cost about $ 2 to $ 3, or about 4
cents per mile.
The battery on the e-tron model is covered
by a separate, eight - year / 100, 000 -
mile warranty, but Audi says that a reduction in battery power capacity of between 10 and 30
per cent in the warranty period is normal degradation and thus not a claimable item.
When we multiply 15,000
miles by our average point value of 1.2
cents per mile, we get $ 186, over $ 100 more expensive than the difference in fare pricing.
International Business Class awards are harder to come
by, but can yield a value of 2 to 4
cents per mile.
US Airways seemed a bit high at 2.15
cents per mile, but then again the program's restrictions are offset
by a very generous award chart.
As Barclaycard offers a 5 % bonus redemption rate for travel purchases this can be a great way to offset the entire rate or only part of it
by earning a statement credit of 1
cent per mile.
Head over to the FlyerTalk mileage runs forum nowadays and you'll see that runs that are under 4
cents per mile are harder to come
by.
You can also get award flights
by purchasing
miles at a very advantageous rate, either during frequent 100 percent bonus promotions or when you book at the
Miles / Money fare, paying at least 40 percent of the ticket in
miles and the remainder in cash at a rate of 1.5
cents per mile.
The ticket would have cost right at $ 18,000, so I subtract $ 104 from $ 18,000 to get $ 17,896 and then divide that
by 180,000
miles to get a redemption of 9.9
cents per point.
However, holiday - makers have been steering clear of Egypt recently and the shooting down of the Russian plane last November though hundreds of
miles away in Sinai has meant numbers plummeted even further, down
by as much as 90
per cent.
If you are purchasing an award ticket completely operated
by Iberia or British Airways, you have the option to pay with a combination of Avios and cash, which is like purchasing Avios at a rate of around 1.4
cents per mile.
There is definitely still value to be had out of the AAdvantage program but it's easy to be drawn in
by headline figures like «1.8
cents per mile» and end up overpaying for an award.
I think the odds of that happening
by a wide margin (perhaps under 1.8
cents per mile) are not very good.
«Our A320neo aircraft add value to our company
by reducing fuel
per seat
mile costs
by up to 20
per cent compared to its counterparts and benefitting the environment
by offering quieter operations and reduced emissions, as well as enhancing our guest experience
by providing a more comfortable journey.»
Divide that
by the 140,000 total
miles that you get, and that gives a price of slightly less that 2.06
cents per mile.
If you're a 25,000 -
mile - flyer deciding between a United ticket and one operated
by American, Delta, or Alaska, know that you need to be spending not 20
cents per mile, but 21.4
cents per mile, to earn as many
miles as you would crediting a flight the same distance to Alaska.
In the first itinerary, $ 250 divided
by 25,000
miles equals 0.01, or 1
cent per mile.
Nothing has really changed with MileagePlus since November, so you're probably wondering why my valuation of United
miles has gone down
by 0.2
cents per point.
The values in the Fair Trading Prices chart are determined
by assuming that when someone spends with a point /
mile earning card, they are giving up 2
cents per dollar that they could have gotten
by using a 2 percent cash back card.
If you take the total eligible cost of $ 600 (base fare + carrier - imposed fees) and divide it
by the 19,926 flight
miles, you come up with just 3.01
cents per mile.
Math equation on figuring out the value of your
miles: Cost of ticket / divided
by number of required
miles = value
per mile $ 600 / 40,000
miles = 1.5
cents per mile (CPM)
For United, the only way to know if you are getting a good deal is if you divide the price
by the
miles and see if it higher than 1.2
cents per mile.
BankDirect has reduced mileage earning
by 75 % for deposits over $ 50,000 in its AAdvantage Mileage Checking and Mileage Money Market accounts, making it no longer possible to use BankDirect to earn AAdvantage
miles for half a
cent per mile.
However, going strictly
by how many
cents -
per -
mile is not the best idea.
The 70 square -
mile island of Aruba is on track to become the world's first sustainable energy economy and achieving the goal of running on 100
per cent sustainable energy
by 2020.
Buyers can install it themselves or pay well under $ 2,000 for installation
by a Plug - In Supply dealer.The PbA10 (lead acid) Conversion System, which turns a standard 2004 - 2008 model year Prius into a Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) based on the CalCars Open Source design... has an all - electric range of 10 to 15
miles and improved average mileage of up to 100
miles per gallon (plus 1
cent /
mile of electricity).
The Qinghai - Tibet plateau in western China has seen its glaciers shrink
by 15
per cent, or 8,000 square kilometres (3,089 square
miles), the official Xinhua news agency cited the Chinese [continue reading...]
According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased
by 409,000 square
miles, or 26
per cent, since 2007 — and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.»
For its Botanics shampoo, Boots has redesigned its logistics network so that products could be delivered direct to stores, reducing road
miles and packaging, this alone has reduced the carbon footprint of making the shampoo
by 10
per cent.
Cents Per Mile For Car Insurance (www.centspermilenow.org) is a website that promotes «cents per mile» vehicle insurance as allowed by legislation passed in the state of Texas in
Cents Per Mile For Car Insurance (www.centspermilenow.org) is a website that promotes «cents per mile» vehicle insurance as allowed by legislation passed in the state of Texas in 20
Per Mile For Car Insurance (www.centspermilenow.org) is a website that promotes «
cents per mile» vehicle insurance as allowed by legislation passed in the state of Texas in
cents per mile» vehicle insurance as allowed by legislation passed in the state of Texas in 20
per mile» vehicle insurance as allowed
by legislation passed in the state of Texas in 2001.
For example, if a motorist who shifts to distance - based insurance with 10
cents per vehicle -
mile premiums responds
by reducing their vehicle travel 10 %, or 1,200 annual vehicle -
miles, as models predict, we can surmise that these
miles foregone have an incremental value to that motorist ranging between 0
cents and 10
cents.
Table 3 summarizes the results of a comprehensive traffic modeling exercise which indicates, for example, that a 2
cents per mile vehicle fee applied to all vehicle travel in the South Coast (Los Angeles) region would reduce vehicle trips
by 4.1 %, but congestion delay would decline
by a much larger 10.5 %.
Thus, we can calculate that
miles foregone
by a 10
cents per vehicle -
mile insurance premium have an average consumer surplus value of 5
cents, or a $ 60 overall increase in consumer surplus (1,200
miles times $ 0.05
per mile).
The new option to buy
miles of protection as needed (added to the odometer reading at a
cents -
per -
mile rate) will enable a car owner for the first time to individually control insurance cost
by the amount the car is used.
Texas National Organization for Women (NOW) congratulates the Texas Legislature for passing the «
cents -
per -
mile» car insurance bill — House Bill 45 — signed into law
by Governor Rick Perry.
If you multiply your annual 7,200 mileage
by the higher
per -
mile cost — four
cents — you can expect a mileage charge of just $ 288 for the year.
Metromile works
by charging a bulk of its rate on a
cents per mile basis — in addition to a base rate.