Sentences with phrase «fewer points for travel»

This grid will allow you to travel for less by redeeming fewer points for travel discounts on flights, hotels, car rentals and much more.

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Beyond that, we each referred several friends to the card, paid for a few work trips (which our offices reimbursed), and earned 2x points on our personal dining and travel.

The catch is that most airlines only make a few saver - level tickets available for each flight — and they make them available at various points before traveling — so you may not be able to find saver seats right away.

The game was a dull affair, which was to be expected, with chances few and far betwee, but the point will be seen as a very good point on Stoke's behalf and they can now travel back home with a smile on their faces as they return to what has been a happy hunting ground for the Potters this season, with five of their six league victories come there.

Per usual, a great deal of critics have essentially predetermined that Eastwood's politics are more important to harp on than the political substance of his movie, to the point that a few truly moronic writers have labeled it as an argument for the travel ban.

Aside from travel rewards, you've got a few other options for putting your points to good use.

But, rather, they are a great way to earn mileage points for traveling, discounts in stores, and pay something large off over a few payments rather than all at once.

There are a few other things you can do with your Membership Rewards points aside from using them for travel or shopping.

Then a few years down the road he began pursuing credit cards, sometimes in masses, to earn all sorts of miles and points to elevate his travel style and enable him to travel more for so much less.

Cards that offer instant bonus points for signing up or a generous reward after a few months of using your business credit card can help to cover some of your everyday costs and even business - related travel expenses.

But if the price of the Hyatt Centric Times Square is under $ 250 to $ 375 per night, then you could book the hotel for fewer points through the Chase Travel Portal.

On the other hand, the Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card is a general bank loyalty card that earns points for travel and dining, plus fewer points for everyday general spending.

While cash back cards don't offer the same potential value of travel rewards points (each travel rewards point can be worth a few cents, depending on the type of travel you redeem them for, whereas cash back points are almost always worth 1 cent per point), you won't risk losing out since you can always use cash, whereas you might end up with leftover travel points.

And more folks are asking now that the Chase Ink Bold and Ink Plus have a 60,000 point offer (~ $ 750 + in travel) for just a few more days!

So for expensive award flights or hotel stays, you'll often spend fewer miles or points by transferring other flexible points to travel partners.

Great question, and relevant for anyone looking to open more than just a few credit cards in order to earn miles and points for travel.

For folks just learning about the world of miles & points and travel credit cards, there are a few things you should know!

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This is one of the few cards of its kind that gives you the option to redeem your points for travel rewards (via Chase Ultimate Rewards ®).

When choosing which credit card you want to earn your miles and points in, especially for international travel, consider a few factors factors, including how many seats you will need to redeem on any flight, whether the points you earn can be redeemed for flights out of your airport, whether you are willing to take the risk that your miles will hold their value until when you want to book your flight, among others.

Things like fuel dumps — I've been semi-active in the FF / MR / Points / Travel blogs for almost two years, and I * think * I understand the concept, but ask and the answer is usually, «Go wade through a few hundred posts on FlyerTalk and you'll figure it out.»

There are few other cards that allow you to spend rewards points for travel on outside sites, and even fewer that combine this flexibility with no annual fee and a large sign - up bonus.

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Furthermore, no other program lets you redeem points at such a high level for travel with so few limitations.

The same applies to Business Class travel: at just 1,000 points more than Economy redemptions for one zone trips, this step up can result in a much more comfortable trip for a few points more.

A few other good gift books for the traveler — armchair or otherwise — are the Lonely Planet's bigger and better edition of «The Travel Book,» a giant slab of wanderlust - inducing photos that takes you through every country in the world by way of a two - page spread and a bullet - pointed list of things there to see, books to read, when to go, etc..

Many travel reward cards offer 50,000 reward points or more after spending a few thousand dollars in the first few months — which can be worth more than $ 500 or redeemed for two round - trip domestic airline tickets.

While the heyday may be over for stockpiling travel rewards courtesy of lavish corporate expense accounts, it's getting easier to use reward points on a daily basis — to shave a few bucks off an online purchase, for example, or cover a cab ride.

A few days ago I posted about an increased bonus of 25,000 points for the U.S. Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards credit card.

The recent IHG Rewards Flash Sale had me wondering, briefly, if I needed any more points in the bank for travel that I have planned... and then I remembered why I hadn't considered any of the other IHG Rewards points sales this year despite there having been a few good offers.

In winter, travel to the tip of the point (a shuttle takes you the last few miles) to look for migrating gray whales passing remarkably close.

They are worth 1.5 cents each when redeemed on the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal for travel rewards and they can be transferred on a 1:1 basis to the major airlines & hotels that might offer award travel for fewer points than Chase can.

Having said that, it's worth bearing in ming that, for $ 355 less, you can get (or probably already have) the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card and while that may not have the airline credit or Priority Pass membership it only offers 1 fewer point per dollar spent on dining and travel expenditure....

If you're a person who travels a lot for business or just happen to have a vacation booked that coincides with the promotion dates then you could earn a good few Hyatt Gold Passport points but, for the rest of us, it doesn't seem that enticing.

Then a few years down the road he began pursuing credit cards, sometimes in masses, to earn all sorts of miles and points to elevate his travel style and enable him to travel more for so much less.

Travelling by ferry is a convenient way to explore Indonesia's beautiful islands and Bali is a great departure point for doing so, with a few ports on along the east coast offering frequent routes to the nearby island of Lombok and to the Gili Islands.

As long as you have a decent credit score and can be approved for a few credit cards with bonus points, you will be able to travel for free.

One of the few perks we regularly used — getting 1.6 cents per point in value when redeeming ThankYou Rewards for travel on American Airlines — is being eliminated entirely.

The points stretch further when they are redeemed for travel through Chase because cardmembers get to spend 20 percent fewer points on these travel redemptions.

If you're looking for a way to travel and use as few points as possible, you should look for dates that offer the cheapest cash prices as that will correlate to spending fewer points.

(The points could actually be worth more since Chase Sapphire Preferred ® cardholders get to redeem their points for travel with 20 % fewer Ultimate Rewards points — there are other ways to get more from Chase's rewards program.)

Tom Spagnola, CheapOair's travel expert, has a few tips for planning an effortless, affordable and enjoyable Memorial Day vacation without cleaning out your savings account by comparing travel websites, leveraging hotel loyalty points and taking advantage of your credit cards — yes, credit cards!

Essentially, you're going to spend fewer points to redeem for travel through Chase.

When you pair this with the bonus points offered on several categories, including gas station and travel expenses, you stand to gain enough value in the first few years of ownership to easily offset the annual fee, especially since the cap is set so high for each bonus category.

American Express's long list of travel partners is the secret sauce that puts extra oomph into Membership Rewards points — you can transfer your points to most travel partners at 1:1 rate for a good value (though — beware — a few transfer partners have terrible transfer ratios).

But just a few days from now starting on April 19th, the Citi ThankYou Premier will offer 3x points for travel purchases, which will include all of those same types of transactions plus gas stations.

The Fidelity Rewards card offers cash back at a high 2 percent rate, but — if you're not inclined to open a Fidelity bank account to get the card — you may be better off searching for a cash back card with fewer restrictions or even a travel card with flexible points.

• Be flexible about your travel dates and times • Book flights for late night or mid-morning, as they may be available for fewer points • Try to book your Award Flight as far in advance as possible • Consider booking a trip during the off - peak season • Try leaving early for a trip, or returning later, or consider flying on the actual day of the holiday, since most people like to overnight on big holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas

This really cuts into the flexibility of the Membership Rewards program — you're stuck redeeming points for travel (or a few other options) if you don't want to lose a huge chunk of value on your points.

I used to get a few points when I traveled quite a bit for work but you need to fly a lot, or spend a whole lot down here to get enough points to get you anywhere.