and it's selling them to some customers at 0.5 cents each right now so why would I pay 0.6
cents a point unless I had a very urgent need for more HHonors points?
Not exact matches
There is a
point where no one will buy anything on the iOS app Store
unless it cost $ 0.99
cents and that has kind of changed so those things are constantly going up and down but I think a fair price
point, taking into account of game content, the longevity of how long an average person would play it, there are always exceptions.
Meanwhile, Hilton's devaluation a few years back resulted in their
points becoming no better than a footnote in travel loyalty programs,
unless you enjoy chasing valuations of less than half a
cent per
point.
Since the cost of award tickets are based on the price of the Value fare, you'll get the same 2.89
cents per
point for any route
unless the cheapest Saver level fare is available.
With a Hilton
point worth just under half a
cent each, I strongly advise you to never do this transfer anyway,
unless maybe you need just a few thousand Hilton
points to reach an award you want.
So,
unless you pair these cards with a premium card, your
point value is low — only 1
cent per
point for most redemption options, including travel.
Even with flexible currencies, you'll often have redemptions worth closer to 2 - 3
cents per
point unless you're doing nothing but traveling internationally in business class (and I agree there are some people like that, but not most people).
In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1
cent a
point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2
cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few
points at the margin to top off an account for an award I've put on hold — where it makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each
point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real redemption).
It's costing you 1.6
cents per
point (though it's still costing you 2
cents when you redeem at a Starwood hotel,
unless you're booking the 5th night free).