If you will only receive 0.5
cents per point as cash back, and one cent per point as a statement credit, then you should definitely choose statement credits!
It may be possible to argue value of 1
cents per point as compared to MSRP on some items, but most in my research are discounted enough at retail that the real value comes nowhere close.
Opting to use the rewards for flights will yield approximately 1
cent per point as detailed in the graph below.
Aside from using cards like the Barclaycard, I'm actually opposed to redeeming points at only one
cent per point as well but that's because I know that my travel goals will allow me to get much more value.
Opting to use the rewards for flights will yield approximately 1
cent per point as detailed in the graph below.
Not exact matches
The Dow Jones industrials fell 66.79
points to 15,334.59
as the Standard & Poor's / Case - Shiller 20 - city home price index rose 12.4
per cent in July compared with a year ago, the most since February 2006.
Manitoba saw the biggest jump in inflation, rising almost a full
point to 2.7
per cent as gasoline prices rose 10.7
per cent.
Real estate assets in Canada accounted for 40
per cent of total wealth in 2012, he
pointed out,
as opposed to only 32
per cent in 1999.
The Munk Debates website has announced that the «Pros» managed to add 12percentage
points to their portion of the opinion pie,
as 70
per cent of those polled after the debate last night decided that we should indeed, tax the rich (more).
As a result, it has shaved three - tenths of a
point off its projections for growth for both 2012 and 2013, to 1.9
per cent and 2.0
per cent respectively.
But only 8.8
per cent of prospective homebuyers
pointed to education
as a factor when considering Calgary, compared to 20.6
per cent who cited investment.
However, its net profit was down 10.9
per cent to $ 33.8 million on lower non-trading gains and shareholders sent the stock down
as much
as 10.8
per cent to $ 2.40 — its lowest
point since March.
On the London Metal Exchange, it was nickel's turn in the spotlight
as it soared 12
per cent at one
point to a more than three - year high of $ US15, 875 a tonne, before closing up 7.5
per cent at $ US15, 275, its largest daily gain in 6-1/2 years, Reuters reported.
While Canada is ranked fifth in the world (behind the U.S., China, India and the U.K.) in terms of global venture capital investment, and many Canadian companies achieve success in their first five years, only three
per cent of firms that survive beyond that
point classify
as high growth.
Points and miles, however (particularly when redeemed
as travel rewards), can be worth 3 to 5
cents per reward.
2500 bucks for dining is 10,500
points as its 4.2 % for 2 reward
points at 2.1
cent per point.
At 1
cent per point, your rewards rate is a solid 2 % for
as long
as you stay below $ 50,000 in annual purchases.
Prices rose by an average of 5.2
per cent a year between 1981 and 2012 in the country
as a whole, or 1.3 percentage
points a year faster than average incomes.
The report also
pointed out that the growth of mobile has affected Windows
as an operating system negatively, since its market share is now at 35
per cent, compared with the 45
per cent share of Android and iOS.
As long as the point value is still above the 2.1 cents per point average it is a great dea
As long
as the point value is still above the 2.1 cents per point average it is a great dea
as the
point value is still above the 2.1
cents per point average it is a great deal.
Many now see this
as more than just a temporary development, with wage increases of 2
point something
per cent now the norm.
The unemployment rate for the euro area
as a whole stood at 8.9
per cent in June, up almost 1 percentage
point from the late 2001 trough.
Alexander
points to the number of high - net worth Canadians, which rose by 11.3
per cent in 2016,
as evidence of the market's strength.
The Bank of England raised short - term interest rates by 25 basis
points in June to 7 1/2
per cent, citing mounting labour market pressures and an inflation rate above target
as key concerns.
As a result, the target cash rate was increased by 25 basis
points to 5.0
per cent, having been unchanged since June 2002 (Graph 64).
In addition, one of the best benefits of Ultimate Rewards, is that all
points can be applied
as cash back at a rate of 1
cent per point.
As of September 2014 — three years after the plan was launched — only 71.1
per cent of working - age (15 — 64) British Columbians are employed, a number that has only barely improved since the low
point of the recession.
As evidence, he
points out that the Food Standards Agency in Britain has found that the number of people eating a partly or completely vegetarian diet fell from 9
per cent in 2007 to 7
per cent in 2008.
As Hannah Arendt
points out in The Origins of Totalitarianism, efficiency is so subordinated to control that the totalitarian society can afford to spend 50 to 75
per cent of its energies enforcing control of one sort or another on its citizens.
But,
as the congressional report
points out, the U.S., though it has only 5 to 6
per cent of the world's population, consumes more than 40
per cent of the world's total food and non-food resources — most of it imported.
One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75,
as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage
points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9
per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5
per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage
points.
Treasury shares finished at $ 10.53, down slightly on Friday, after a big share price surge of 11
per cent on a buoyant set of results announced on August 18
as investors crunched their numbers on the $ 800 million inventory of luxury wines that will be steadily rolled out for sale over the next few years in the $ 20 a bottle and higher price
point.
As Citi
points out, the economy created 55,000 jobs last year — a very modest increase of 0.5
per cent — but actually lost 67,500 full - time jobs.
He said, «
As the manager said a few weeks ago, we are doing 99
per cent of the things right and every time that we make a little mistake it seems to cost us a
point or a defeat.
they do nt concede lots of goals because they have 70
per cent posession most games...
as quality teams worked this out and focused on defending deep and counterattacking, their weak
points were quickly recognised and that was pique....
The trust in government
as expressed in the Social Attitude Survey has risen by 20
points - from 50
per cent to 70
per cent.
Finally, up to this
point at least, Facebook ads have been relatively cost - effective, with the price -
per - click sometimes
as low
as a few tens of
cents.
As we write, the spread of Spanish bonds compared to Germany's is around 500 basis
points, meaning that 10 - year financing is costing Spain almost 7
per cent.
With just seven
per cent of gifted and talent pupils receiving free school meals, the Liberal Democrats
point out children from low income families are half
as likely to be identified
as gifted.
It is easy to see why commentators often
point to the interaction between this «influx» of foreigners and the country's difficult economic context — the unemployment rate stands at 25
per cent —
as the root cause of the crisis.
There is no doubt that,
as Tim Farron recently
pointed out, no one in their right mind would have interpreted a 52
per cent to 48
per cent win by the remain camp
as licence for the government of the day to force through a «hard / clean remain» by joining the Euro or Schengen without another referendum.
The figures are more promising for Theresa May, with 53
per cent of adults satisfied with her
as prime minister, up eight
points from January.
As Andrew Haldenby of Reform points out, the planned debt to GDP ratio will still be 80 per cent, which, in perspective, is «twice as high as in the Gordon Brown years»
As Andrew Haldenby of Reform
points out, the planned debt to GDP ratio will still be 80
per cent, which, in perspective, is «twice
as high as in the Gordon Brown years»
as high
as in the Gordon Brown years»
as in the Gordon Brown years».
According to Professor Sir John Curtice Labour's vote was up on average by
as much
as 11
points in wards where more than 35
per cent of voters are aged between 18 and 34, and up by just 4
per cent where the proportion of younger voters is less than 20
per cent.
As union leaders were quick to point out, it would mean probably as few as ten per cent of trade unionists would remain member
As union leaders were quick to
point out, it would mean probably
as few as ten per cent of trade unionists would remain member
as few
as ten per cent of trade unionists would remain member
as ten
per cent of trade unionists would remain members.
A case in
point is the number of projects that we have and the staff unions insisting that we give them 40
per cent of the Internally Generated Revenue
as welfare.
Forty - two
per cent of them want the Scottish parliament to make all decisions for Scotland outside of defence and foreign affairs — ten
points higher than among Scots
as a whole.
POLL FINDINGS On the economy and jobs On key questions such
as which party would be best for Britain's economy, 33
per cent believed the Conservatives would be best, also a two
point lead over Labour.
Moreover, Mr Cameron now has an 11
point lead
as the man most likely to take Britain in the right direction and a six
point lead to Mr Brown's 37
per cent as the man with the most potential
as prime minister.
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As a result of the 17.1
per cent full - time gender pay gap, October 30th marks the
point in the year when women across Britain can be said to be working for free.