HNL - LIH
Should I book for 6k UA and pay for baggage or should I go through Dan's corporate account? Tickets (for the flight UA offers) retail now for $83.
One advantage of going through Dan's account is that I can take an earlier flight that UA doesn't offer, but that flight costs $154.
Edit: I just realized that I can book for 5k AA as well, but only the later flight. Does this change anything?
I don't think that award seats will open up for the earlier flight, as there are only 10 seats left.
Even with 1 checked bag PP you'd get a better value with revenue tickets.
6,000 X .0125 (personally, I think it's worth more) = $75
+$5.60
+$25 - 1'st checked bag
=$105.60
Vs.
$83 - Ticket
+$6 - Booking fee
=$89
And you get the added benefit that you can standby for the earlier flight.
However, all of that is only valid if it's your own miles