Sentences with phrase «of miles or points»

Someone redeeming for U.S. domestic flights that are normally inexpensive will typically get much less face value out of the same number of miles or points than someone redeeming for an international first class award ticket, which could have a retail value of $ 20,000 or more.

But frankly, with the dilution of miles or points, you might be better off keeping them.

When deciding between redeeming points and miles or paying cash for an airline ticket or hotel booking, most folks will multiple this value to the number of miles or points required and if its higher than the amount required for a cash booking, they'll redeeming points or miles.

Now is the time to find out if any of your miles or points will depart this Earth at year's end.

Many travel cards offer cardholders a one - time bonus in which you can earn a certain sum of miles or points after meeting an initial spending threshold when you first receive the card (for example, earning 50,000 bonus points after spending $ 3,000 in purchases within your first three months with a new card).

While this wasn't as much a concern for my husband, as long as I could demonstrate the value of the miles or points we were getting, I know that for many people there's a psychological resistance to paying a fee for any card, when it's possible to have a no annual fee card.

There are two reasons for this: The redemption rates of miles or points for international trips drive up the value of rewards, and most cash - back credit cards charge a foreign transaction fee of 3 % on overseas purchases.

Ordinarily, you would consider several factors when choosing a reward card, including the value of the miles or points, the cost of the card and the additional features that come with the card.

Blackout dates, the value of miles or points changing over time or expiring — these are all things that get in the way of customers using their rewards.

After that, you receive a sizable bonus offer of miles or points that you can use toward travel.

Co-branded cards can be great ways to jump - start a balance of miles or points for a rewards program and they also usually offer other perks.

If they offer reasonably priced tickets to Cuba, you'll pay a reasonable number of miles or points for an award ticket.

Believe me, there is no amount of miles or points that are worth a bad credit file.

However, it will be difficult for people to «downgrade» or «upgrade» by canceling one card and immediately applying for a new one that earns the same type of miles or points — something that I think is a little more common among average consumers.

These portals, often run under contract by a third - party, run regular promotions that let you earn a certain number of miles or points for every dollar you spend.

Dear Stuart, When real «money» is more important in your pocket than any amount of miles or points, it just might be.

The many credit card rewards options of miles or points or whatever can be a bit confusing when just starting out.

For the most part, you can think of the value of miles or points as roughly 1 cent each.

The cool part about this promotion, which offers bonuses based upon the cumulative number of miles or points transferred, is that they don't all have to come from the same program.

I think that most Canadians should take rewards in the form of cash back or fixed value rewards, instead of miles or points.

Sign - up bonus: A number of miles or points, typically in the tens of thousands, given for free by a credit card company when a new account is opened.

You'll have to search for a flight to see the number of miles or points needed for it.

Do you have a new credit card that you're trying to hit the minimum spend in order to receive a big point of miles or points?

Also, there's typically a cap to the number of miles or points you can buy with each program each year.

Instead, I simply want to use the fewest amount of miles or points for a given redemption.

Not all rewards offered at auction go for crazy amounts of miles or points, so it's worth checking out your program's auction site, if it has one.

Receiving these big windfalls of miles or points can be a major reason — sometimes the only compelling reason — to apply for a certain card.

However, if one of these companies decides, for whatever reason, to take away all of your miles or points, they can do so and you have no recourse.

You should consider your travel goals and go through a mall that will reward you with the type of miles or points that you need for your dream trip redemption.

The top pet peeve on the list was a dearth of available tickets for the dates on which customers wished to travel; this was closely related to the number three peeve, tickets that are available, but only for a much higher - than - usual number of miles or points.

Despite how airlines market their frequent flyer programs as an easy means for free air travel, the greatest obstacle that members encounter is a simple one: even with what should be a sufficient quantity of miles or points, it's not easy to find and book travel using them.

Cents Per Mile, or CPM, is a common way to measure the value of miles or points.

It tells you how many cents you're getting for each mile or point you redeem by dividing the cash price of the airline ticket by the number of miles or points the award flight costs.

On the AwardWallet homepage, however, you can see most of the details you need, like account number, elite status, upgrade certificates available, number of miles or points, and expiration date (if any).

Most card issuers offer other travel reward cards with awards that are easier to redeem and link the number of miles or points to the price of the ticket.

Any stops or extra flights that add to the cash cost add similarly to the cost of the miles or points.

It tells you how many cents you get for each mile or point you redeem by dividing the cash price of the airline ticket by the number of miles or points the award flight costs.

That amount is multiplied by the number of miles or points earned per dollar spent on everyday purchases to account for cards that earn more than one mile per dollar spent.

For the most part, you can think of the value of miles or points as roughly 1 cent each.

If the flights required redemption of miles or points, we used the average of the appropriate redemption schedules as published by the provider.

If you're close to earning a sign - up bonus, or earning elite status, it could be worth it to pay $ 25 for thousands of miles or points.

Because the interest you'll pay by carrying a balance negates the value of any miles or points you'll earn.

However, if you choose to transfer points to one of their travel partners, it's up to each individual program to set the number of miles or points you'll need for a free flight or hotel room.

On every dollar you spend, you get a number of miles or points.

That amount is multiplied by the number of miles or points earned per dollar spent on everyday purchases to account for cards that earn more than one mile per dollar spent.

If the flights required redemption of miles or points, we used the average number of points needed for those flights, based on the redemption schedules as published by the provider.

There are two reasons for this: The redemption rates of miles or points for international trips drive up the value of rewards, and most cash - back credit cards charge a foreign transaction fee of 3 % on overseas purchases.

For some consumers, rewards cards create an excuse to spend more in the pursuit of miles or points.

With Southwest, once you receive a certain number of miles or points, you're granted Companion Pass Status.

Determining value of rewards redemption — While typically not the best value for your rewards points, redeeming for merchandise can be handy when real «money» is more important in your pocket than any amount of miles or point... (See Merchandise vs. miles)