Flight using AA miles is 35k. Cash price is 270. TPG estimates AA mile to be worth 1.4 cents. Is this just randomly bad or am I missing something? Domestic main cabin DCA to RDU if that matters.

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I rarely use miles for domestic travel under $400 for this reason. I try to use miles for unavoidably higher fares and international business class.

DCA-RDU can also be driven in about 4 hours absent massive stupidity on I-95 (always a possibility) if that plays in your decision making any.

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Thanks appreciate it, know it’s not just me. Was thinking I should use miles on the shorter/cheaper routes as no EQM/D/S on miles flights. But it seems AA is smarter than me.... sad!

AA miles are dogshit, especially with dynamic pricing now. If you want domestic awards I’d look through either BA or Avianca

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Pay cash for that. I sometimes see domestic AA flights for 7.5k miles when the cash price is >$200 (both one-way)

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AA miles are only good for web specials or using on one world partners

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