Four
cheap roundtrip tickets to Europe from the West Coast would do the trick.
I specifically love scrolling through the calendar to find
the cheapest roundtrip ticket.
Not exact matches
The companion fare can be used on one way
tickets, but obviously, those
tickets are going to be
cheaper than a
roundtrip fare, therefore reducing the savings.
According to flight prices advertised on Skyscanner.com, you could literally buy a
roundtrip ticket from Chicago to different state every month for the next 6 months for less than the
cheapest iPhone 7.
The 80,000 redemption to Europe for a
roundtrip business class
ticket is extremely
cheap too (though the fees can be a bit high).
That's probably going to be the
cheapest redemption rate you'll ever find but even though the fees are reasonable you could get a
roundtrip paid
ticket for under $ 120, so you'd be better off just paying cash for an award like that.
I also use
Cheap Tickets and booked a
roundtrip flight for next week from Toronto - Quito for $ 629 taxes included.
While the
roundtrip ticket is $ 100
cheaper than two paid
tickets, if low - level award space is available on one segment, but not the other, you can buy one $ 350 paid
ticket and redeem 12,500 miles, getting 2 cents per redeemed mile.