Last night, my CVS guy told me some interesting information that can only be seen as a negative for those that use Vanilla Reloads to
earn cheap points, assuming the same applies to your stores.
Not exact matches
With just one or two rewards cards, you could
earn thousands of
points that you could redeem for
cheap tickets to distant lands.
Rahul Goswami, who works with India's National Agriculture Innovation Programme, said the spread of
cheap mobile service has facilitated the creation of a
cheap alert system for «tens of thousands of informal workers in towns and cities» that
points those seeking work to spots where the next 50 or 100 rupees can be
earned.
While you can
earn a ton of
points quickly, free stays aren't
cheap.
All purchases
earn 1.5 x
points per $ 1 and can be redeemed for travel - related statement credits, making this a powerful travel credit card for cardholders searching for
cheap deals using their preferred booking portal.
Alternatively, you could book a 7 night stay at the Renaissance Las Vegas, grab some
cheap flights for cash or using other
points, then stash the miles
earned in this combo pack for use on a future trip.
See related:
Cheap ways to keep flier miles active, Best ways to
earn, redeem rewards
points over the holidays
If you fly Virgin Atlantic on the
cheapest promotional fare, you'll
earn only 10 % of the miles flown as Elevate
points.
Certain credit cards give you the opportunity to
earn points in loyalty programs that can be exchanged for travel at incredibly
cheap rates.
Each of these
points currencies has a different value, so being
cheapest to
earn is not the end of the conversation.
Each additional $ 30,000 of manufactured spend only
earns you another ~ 90,000
points for one more free night — maybe two if you favor
cheaper properties — valued at $ 250 - 500.
None is particularly strong in terms of
earning points on everyday charges, but all of them can make your travel experience better or potentially
cheaper.
Bonus
points can only be
earned in the U.S. (despite having no foreign transaction fees), and the AMEX travel portal may not offer the
cheapest deals.
Qatar Airways flys all across Asia from its Doha base and a lot of those routes
earn 140 Tier
Points too — flying from Europe to Asia on a
cheap Qatar Airways Business Class fare can therefore net you up to 560 Tier
Points (just 40 short of Silver status).
If you're already Gold or Platinum, you can do it even
cheaper since you
earn points for each check - in (even on award stays).
Although you'll want to
earn most of your
points through the methods below, it's good to have a
cheap way to fill up your account!
but one in particular stands out as being a very simple and
cheap way to
earn 1,000
points.
Not offering a bonus from the first stay in the promotion period is
cheap but with the 2Q promotion it's actually possible to not
earn any
points until your third stay....
Joanna could
earn an easy 3,500 IHG rewards
points from a one night stay at a
cheap Holiday Inn Extra property (2,500 early stay bonus + stay once get 1,000) but that's hardly enough to warrant moving a stay over to IHG or making a special effort to book a stay at an IHG property.
Under this type of program, Cathay would only award status -
earning points to travellers who purchase premium cabin seats or the most expensive economy class seats (which are often just as expensive as the
cheapest premium cabin seats).
I've become a big Hyatt fan lately, so any opportunity to
earn more Hyatt
points at a
cheap rate seems worthwhile.
For BAEC members looking to
earn status the Bangkok fare is the clear winner as it's considerably
cheaper and still
earns the same number of tier
points (360).
Hot Tip: Use the Matrix ITA Advanced Features in order to find your
cheapest fares, then book them using your best
points -
earning cards to ensure you get top value for your trip!
That's better, and
cheaper, than
earning 6 Honors
points per dollar spent in bonused categories on an American Express Hilton Honors Surpass card.
I'm going to have to position from London to Helsinki to catch my Qatar Airways Business Class flight and, although I was planning on booking the
cheapest possible fare to and from Helsinki, this is yet another route on which you can
earn 160 Tier
Points for a roundtrip Business Class fare.
Book a bonus
points package stay and
earn 9,000
points — this should be easy and, if I go for it, it will be booked at the
cheapest property I can find.
Year - end runs are meant to be used when you're really close to the next tier or because you found an incredibly
cheap deal that also lets you
earn more miles and
points during the trip.
In the Elevate program, you
earn five
points per dollar spent on airfare, so if you're always buying the
cheapest tickets possible, this program is probably not a great fit for you.
If you want family members to help you
earn points for a family vacation, it's much
cheaper to add authorized users to the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card.
Still, getting 2 cents per
point opens up many great opportunities for economy flights or
cheap business class flights and can result in some very
cheap tickets to get across the country and you get to
earn reward
points or EQMs for the flights.
If your airfare turns out to be a relatively
cheap domestic round - trip, it may make more sense to pay for it with the Ultimate Reward
points earned on your Chase Sapphire.
If a property is more than $ 16
cheaper than another property that would
earn you the additional 2,000
points, it's probably a better deal to go with the
cheaper property if you're concerned with lowering your out of pocket cost.
This sounds like a lot but if you live in a big city and can utilize a promo or two, it's possible to
earn Platinum Status for as
cheap as $ 318 when you factor in the value received through
points and discounts.
While this is not the
cheapest way to
earn Ultimate rewards, it can result in a significant number of
points and may be worth it if you have a big redemption planned.
You can combine this promotion with the «Stay More and Play More» and potentially
earn 100,000 gold passport
points and
earn diamond status through Feb 2018 for approximately $ 1,250 if you can stay at the
cheapest hotel available.
One of the
cheapest options to downgrade the Amex Platinum or Gold Rewards card would be to Amex Green which carries a $ 95 annual fee, but aside from preserving the
points, it's not a good choice because Amex Green is one of the weakest Amex cards in terms of sign - up bonus and
earning.
If you find a
cheaper flight via other means, such as Google flights, you can book directly with the airline and
earn more
points while also saving money.
I don't know how many times I've heard someone complain that they tried to get into miles and
points, but by the time they
earned enough for their trip, the surcharges were hardly any
cheaper than the full - price ticket would have been on a discount airline of some kind.
That means you could possibly net a 50 % return on top of the base
points and credit card
points you'd
earn, making this probably one of the
cheapest ways to ever complete a challenge status.
That means all those
points you
earned in the fall (or before) can be redeemed at deeply discounted levels — 10,000
points is
cheap when you consider that the average Best Western redemption goes for about 16,000
points.
This world traveler is such a fan of
earning points this way that he currently owns 35 credit cards and estimates that he's owned over 100 in his quest to travel first class for
cheap.
But purchasing a house or condo is definitely not the easiest or
cheapest way to
earn 100,000
points.
The simplest way to do this is to not alter my planned
earning and redemption at all: if all my trips are already optimized between revenue fares (paid for with
cheap Ultimate Rewards
points and Flexpoints) and award trips, then I can convert my Delta transportation voucher directly into airfare for new trips.
The
cheapest fares
earn 6
points per dollar, middle fares
earn 10
points per dollar, and the expensive business fares
earn 12
points per dollar.
All purchases also
earn 1.5 x
points per $ 1 and can be redeemed for travel - related statement credits, making this a powerful travel credit card for cardholders searching for
cheap deals using their preferred booking portal.
The
cheaper card
earns no
points toward elite status.
Book
cheap business class flights to Pune and other Indian cities to
earn more such invaluable reward
points.
Keep booking
cheap flights with us on a regular basis and
earn invaluable reward
points that will make your next flight booking even
cheaper.
Better yet, I'll pay for those
cheaper high value flights using the
points earned on the more generous cards.
While you can
earn a ton of
points quickly, free stays aren't
cheap.