Each of the characters are surprisingly well fleshed out and their personalities compliment the other — Stu is the pushover (his girlfriend incessantly browbeats him), Alan is bizarre (he delivers a wolf pack speech to the guys) and Phil is the cool, asshole of the bunch (he steals his student's
class trip cash for the Vegas outing).
Not exact matches
However, the United award chart shows that business
class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round -
trip for the same exact flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with
cash back or a statement credit.
Tip # 3: If you have a work
trip booked on United or a Star Alliance, depending on the fare
class of your
cash ticket, it might be worth upgrading to business
class or first
class with United miles.
If I can endure 48 hours round -
trip in coach and use my
cash back card, I walk off the plane in India with $ 3K more in my pocket than if I had flown business
class.
For example, if you wanted to book a round -
trip first
class ticket on American's partner Cathay Pacific, that could cost around $ 30,000 if you bought a
cash ticket.
Although
cash is king and I like the idea of getting $ 1050 in
cash back, it does take a lot of spending to get there and
cash back cards is also not the way to buy first
class flights for
trips to Asia or Europe or elsewhere.
How I booked a lightning quick
trip to and from Tokyo in JAL Business & First
Class using AAdvantage Miles, Hyatt points and a little bit of
cash.
I happen to be considering a
trip to Europe this fall with my wife, and thanks to discounted ~ $ 1,500 business
class fares we are considering paying
cash.
If you wanted to use AAdvantage miles for a Business
Class Paris to New York
trip you would need 115,000 AAdvantage Miles +
cash for taxes and fees — at 1.72 cents / mile that would equate to $ 1,978 + taxes and fees — over 60 % more expensive.
Tip # 3: If you have a work
trip booked on United or a Star Alliance, depending on the fare
class of your
cash ticket, it might be worth upgrading to business
class or first
class with United miles.
I couldn't find a single SAAver Business
Class award on this route through the end of the schedule so, if you don't want to part with
cash, a one - way Business
Class trip will cost between 110,000 and 135,000 miles (compared to 57,500 at the SAAver level).
Of course, the calculation can also show you that it's better to use miles — this tends to be true for long - haul premium
classes: spending 80,000 American AAdvantage miles for a first
class trip from New York City to Tokyo on JAL, even though you wouldn't earn miles is obviously an unbeatable value compared to the 901,334 UR points you would need to cover the $ 13,520
cash price of the same flight.
«With a little diligence and planning, miles can get you a business
class trip worth thousands — way more than 2 percent
cash back would end up offering,» Barnard adds.