In fact, in that case you may as well have
bought flights with cash instead of trying to earn miles on a credit card.
Not exact matches
If you dump $ 500 into interest on items you could afford to
buy with cash just to earn
flight mileage, for example, you could have
bought a plane ticket
with what you would have saved, or better yet, put the money into savings.
To find the taxes and surcharges, you will need to search for the same
flight as if you were
buying it
with cash.
While I certainly couldn't afford to pay
cash for a premium
flight, I could
buy my way back into my business class dreams
with all the miles I'd been stashing away.
That same
flight costs nearly $ 800 if you
buy it
with cash, making the travel reward a much better deal than if you used those 50,000 points on, say, the $ 500 TV being offered through Ultimate Rewards.
Compare the total cost of the award
with the
cash price for the same
flights and you'll have a very good idea if
buying miles will save you money.
Luckily for you, your
flight was purchased
with award miles, which not only saves
cash upfront, it
buys flexibility.
Booking BA
Flights will mean fuel surcharges — sometimes greater than the price to
buy the ticket
with cash.
Well, since our credit card company is actually
buying a
cash ticket for us when we use pay
with points, we'll earn miles flying the
flight.
Yes, you can
buy miles, but they are priced at a point that will make the award
flight cost more than you would pay for the
flight with cash.
Wealthy people from South America, Asia and Russia have been
buying homes
with «
flight money» — they've been seeking safe places to park their
cash.