Not exact matches
The Citi card only gives 3
points per dollar spent at supermarkets drugstores and gas stations.Currently, the Hilton Honors Card from American Express also comes with a higher
bonus,
so you can see why we think the American Express option is the better of the two.
So, when you buy tickets — at a savings — to sporting events, concerts, and other activities, you can earn five
bonus points per dollar.
So the 3x
bonus you get on airline spend with an Amex Premier Rewards Gold card would be worth 4.29 cents
per dollar if you used those MR
points to Pay With Points with a Business Platinum
points to Pay With
Points with a Business Platinum
Points with a Business Platinum card.
Hyatt allows members to earn 5
points per dollar spent at Hyatt properties
so an additional 20 %
bonus means that you'll be earning 6
points per dollar spent.
I can't think of any credit cards that have general retailers as a
bonus category
so, in most cases, the best you can hope to earn is 1
point or mile
per dollar spent at stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble etc... but, once again, gift cards can be the answer.
You also get a
bonus 7 % dividend,
so make that 2.14
points per dollar on travel and restaurants and 1.07
points per dollar on everything else.
The
bonus is only applied to base
points,
so a general member will now earn four
points per dollar instead of the usual two
points per dollar when they stay with Starwood.
Gold members receive a 25 %
bonus on base
points on every stay (most stays earn 10 base
points per dollar,
so this makes it a total of 12.5
points per dollar), as well as a complimentary breakfast.
A-List Preferred offers a 100 %
bonus,
so you earn 20
points per dollar.
So $ 2,000 x 3
points per dollar (1 on the credit card and 2 for the merchant) = 6,000
points x 2 cards = 12,000
points plus 100,000
points signup
bonus = 112,000
points + CP.
For instance, with the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express (on which you also earn 3
points per dollar on flights booked directly with airlines, 2
points per dollar on US supermarkets, and one
point per dollar on other transactions) you earn 15,000
bonus points when you spend $ 30,000 on purchases in a calendar year, boosting your
points - earning by up to 50 %,
so by really concentrating your spending and paying attention to threshold
bonuses, you can rack up even more
points.
This particular itinerary was booked directly through JAL's site,
so I considered using my American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card to earn three American Express Membership Rewards
points per dollar spent, but I was a little shy on the minimum spend on my new Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard
so I used this trip to get me to my sign - up
bonus of 75,000 miles.
- I used my Ink card,
so first of all I got closer to a spending threshold
bonus and I also earned 5,298 Ultimate Rewards
points at 5
points per dollar.
The Citi card only gives 3
points per dollar spent at supermarkets drugstores and gas stations.Currently, the Hilton Honors ™ Card from American Express also comes with a higher
bonus,
so you can see why we think the American Express option is the better of the two.