USAirways quietly increased the number of miles required for a first class award seat from North America to Europe (.pdf) from 100,000 to 125,000 miles — a 25% jump.
Oddly enough, a first class seat from New York to London is now more miles than a first class seat from New York to Bangkok.
There may be other changes to the chart, I haven’t looked closely yet…
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