Not exact matches
Reducing expenses or
increasing earnings to
offset awarded loans will mean less debt after graduation.
Also included in the
award is a federal tax payment equal to 39 % of the loan payment to
offset the
increase in income tax liability.
In addition, it is eliminating the 15 % online booking discount it has offered on
award bookings and upgrades made through its website or app, and it is raising the number of miles required for Saver
Awards, although the
increase is relatively modest and likely to be more than
offset by the elimination of the fuel surcharges.
If you earn most of your miles from flying in Business Class / First Class then there's a good chance that the new higher mileage earning rates will mostly
offset any
increases in
award costs (discounted Business Class will now earns 50 % more miles while, where
award costs have gone up they've done so by between 6 % and 72 %)
Once again the savings are anything but spectacular but, if you're about to book one of these
awards, why not wait until after the
award chart changes — you can use the miles you save to
offset some of the more heinous
increases in the cost of other
awards.
The ability to save some points by paying part of the rate in cash is a great way to
offset last week's
increases to the cost of free
award nights for the upper categories.
To
offset the effects of this for claimants, general damages
awards for personal injuries and other civil wrongs should be
increased by 10 % (Chpt 10);