Not exact matches
According to TPG,
effective June 1, the Business Platinum «Pay With
Points»
rebate will be reduced to 35 %.
If you have a credit card that earns you bonus
points on spend made direct with airlines you need to consider the
effective rebate those
points will be earning you if you were to buy Avios direct from British Airways.
I value Membership Rewards
Points at around 1.5 cents each so this is an
effective rebate of 4.5 % on all purchases from the participating merchants.
I value IHG Rewards
points at around 0.6 cents each so, based on that valuation, each transaction of $ 1,000 or more would earn the card holder an
effective rebate of $ 60.
I value Marriott Rewards
points at around 0.7 cents each so the 802 Marriott Rewards Points I earned for this stay is an effective rebate of $ 5.61 (I don't think I broke the bank with this
points at around 0.7 cents each so the 802 Marriott Rewards
Points I earned for this stay is an effective rebate of $ 5.61 (I don't think I broke the bank with this
Points I earned for this stay is an
effective rebate of $ 5.61 (I don't think I broke the bank with this one!).
I value Hyatt Gold Passport
Points somewhere around 1.4 cents each so 10 nights, which earns 15,000 points, would net an effective rebate of $ 210 or $ 21 / night and that's not enough of an incentive to make me book more Hyatt stays or to get me to move any stays I have at other hotels over to
Points somewhere around 1.4 cents each so 10 nights, which earns 15,000
points, would net an effective rebate of $ 210 or $ 21 / night and that's not enough of an incentive to make me book more Hyatt stays or to get me to move any stays I have at other hotels over to
points, would net an
effective rebate of $ 210 or $ 21 / night and that's not enough of an incentive to make me book more Hyatt stays or to get me to move any stays I have at other hotels over to Hyatt.
That's a total of 10,565 membership Rewards
Points which I value, conservatively, at 1.5 cents each — that's an
effective rebate of $ 158.
Hilton Honors
points are worth no more than 0.5 cents each so the Amex Hilton Ascend credit card offers an
effective rebate of no more than 3 cents / dollar (or 3 %) on Grocery spend — you can do better than that with a number of other credit cards:
As promotions go this one isn't exactly lucrative but, valuing Marriott Rewards
points at 0.7 cents each as I do, you'll be getting an
effective rebate of either $ 14 or $ 28 per stay (starting with your second stay)... which is better than nothing.
10,000 bonus
points every 10 nights is an
effective rebate of $ 70 after 10 nights (don't spend it all at once) and 50 nights will earn you enough for a free night at any top Marriott in the world.
I value 10,000 Membership Rewards
points at $ 150 so the James in New York is currently offering an
effective rebate of up to 30 %....
I value Hilton HHonors
points at around $ 0.004 each so that means the
effective rebate during the promotion period is 10 %....
The
effective return of the Business Platinum is 1.538 % with the 35 %
rebate on pay with
points.
The way it is now, the renewable technology industry (PV, wind,...) with best lobbyist gets the biggest
rebate programs — I think this works to the detriment of other renewable technologies that may be superior from cost
effective energy reduction
point of view, but are not as glamorous and don't lobby so well.