Barclaycard Arrival miles can be redeemed for half a cent each in cash back or 1
cent each against travel purchases over $ 25 made with the card;
Not exact matches
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OR you can redeem
against travel for 1.25
cents per point (similar to Barclay).
Points are worth 1
cents when you redeem
against travel or restaurant expenses or have 25,000 or more points.
When you redeem
against travel expenses points are worth 1
cents each which would make it a 2 % cash back card.
If you redeem these miles
against charges that are
travel related you get 1
cents per mile in value and you also get a 5 % rebate.
If you redeem these miles
against charges that are not
travel related they are only worth 0.5
cents each which would make this a straight 1 % cash back card and rather ordinary.
Whether you redeem your miles as statement credit
against recent
travel purchases or use them to purchase
travel through Capital One's portal, the redemption value is always 1
cent per mile.
At a minimum, you should be redeeming your Membership Rewards for at least the 1
cents each as a statement credit
against a
travel charge, which is arguably close to a cashback.
The Amex Gold is no good if you are intending on using it to redeem for «cash» flights at 1 MR = 1
cent reward
against travel.
If you're getting 2x points on dining and
travel with a Chase Sapphire Preferred, and if Ultimate Rewards points are worth more than 1
cent apiece (which they are, since you can redeem them for at least 1.25
cents per point directly
against any airfare without restriction), you can definitely do better than 2 % with certain rewards cards in the right categories.
Membership Rewards can also be used for statement credits
against travel purchases at a rate of 1
cent = 1 Membership Rewards, so there is a floor on the value.
Arrival points can be redeemed
against any
travel purchase at a rate of 1 point = 1
cent, but you also get a 5 % rebate on all used points.
Whether you redeem your miles as statement credit
against recent
travel purchases or use them to purchase
travel through Capital One's portal, the redemption value is always 1
cent per mile.
These miles are redeemed at 1
cent per point for
travel so that means you'll earn the equivalent of $ 460 worth of statement credit that can be applied
against your
travel purchases.
The real major downside of the cards themselves is that there are no direct transfer partners, so you're locked into the fixed redemption value of 1
cent per mile
against travel expenses.
Since these miles are redeemed at 1
cent per point for
travel that means you'll earn the equivalent of $ 460 worth of statement credit that can be applied
against your
travel purchases.
That is, miles are worth 1
cent apiece whether you redeem them for credit
against travel purchases or cash back via direct deposit.
This gives me a value of 2.25
cents per dollar to credit
against any
travel expenses charged to the card.
You get the best redemption value when you redeem for statement credit
against travel purchases at one mile being worth a full
cent.