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Re:Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip ... by borski on Saturday April 04, 2026 @01:53AM (#47636237)
$600/pax (which I disclosed) is hardly 50% of the ticket fees, which were, as I mentioned, $3500/pax or so otherwise.
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Re:Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip ... by chronic29521 on Saturday April 04, 2026 @02:48AM (#47636525)
your 70k points + $600/pax is equivalent to $1300

so $600 fees is 46% of the points + cash you paid

you could've cashed out 70k points as $700, therefore the 70k points becomes cash in the math

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Re:Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip ... by borski on Saturday April 04, 2026 @03:03AM (#47636614)
OK, so you've calculated I've saved $2200/pax. Fine.

For the record, I already took that into account. My goal with these flights was to save cash, because at the moment, cash flow is the issue I'm solving for. At other times, I have other priorities.

I can't believe I have to say this, but... YMMV, I guess.

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