Sentences with phrase «points it costs for»

Based on my research, I concluded that irregular pricing occurred when a hotel has a high enough fixed value assigned to HHonors points redeemed for premium rooms and, for whatever reason, the best available rate for premium rooms is low enough to drop the price in cash, after conversion to HHonors points, below the HHonors point cost for a standard room award.

Generally speaking, revenue - based award redemption programs like Southwest, JetBlue, and VirginAmerica have good availability but this is only because the number of points it costs for an award seat are a function of how much the seat costs.

Category bonuses are good but the point cost for a single night at a Hilton was always astronimical, and though you pick up points quickly, not nearly enough.

In the old world, us points guys didn't really need to care about that, since there was a fixed point cost for each fare type, and as long as there was ANY availability on the train, you could book it with Amtrak Guest Rewards points

Not exact matches

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Mulvaney also preemptively addressed questions about the cost of the wall and how many miles could be paid for by the requested sum, pointing to the still - uncertain plans for its construction.

Top - end machines from both iRobot and Dyson currently cost an arm and a leg, but with the two engaged in a battle for consumers» floors, robovacs will presumably get better and cheaper quickly, to the point where they may become something every household is going to want.

Tanner points out that paying every American $ 12,000 per year, the U.S. poverty line for an individual, would cost the government nearly $ 4 trillion — which is a little more than the U.S.'s entire annual federal budget.

Cost has been a huge sticking point for the F - 35, as numerous delays and costs overruns have spurred criticism over the years.

«But it seems that launching low - cost long - haul flights without connecting services is challenging,» Gagey said, pointing to Norwegian Air Shuttle, which on Thursday reported a bigger than expected loss for the last quarter of 2017.

Secondly, for maintenance services like plumber, electrician, there is a considerably low loyalty factor due to lack of personal connection & customers are mostly motivated by cheaper cost points & discounts; which is definitely not a sustainable strategy for any company.

The changes point more towards the creation of a «leaner cost structure» in getting Bombardier aerospace products ready for their eventual debut.

But the «breakeven» points for these companies — their cost - per - barrel of producing oil — vary widely.

If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's sky - high marketing costs, acquisition can take a bigger chunk out of the 40 percent — more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).

The MBA team ultimately recommended that Howard get a Square Register, an iPad - based point - of - sale system that will allow his customers to enter their products, calculate the cost and pay by credit or debit card — still checking out without the need for a human cashier.

If you have the means to cover the salary for 90 days, and in that time you're able to grow the business to a point where you can cover the cost of the new employee, then go ahead and hire.

Critics point to a laundry list of CFPB actions that they say could warrant removal under existing Dodd - Frank standards: Republicans have excoriated the agency for the cost of renovating its building, for example, and for an alleged lack of diversity among its employees.

To give you an idea of just how long you have to stay in a city for it to be worth your money to buy, personal finance site SmartAsset calculated the breakeven point — the point at which the total costs of renting become greater than the total costs of buying — for 29 major cities.

(A one point credit score difference — such as a 719 instead of a 720 — could cost you as much as $ 4,500 extra if it means you don't qualify for a conventional loan and must get an FHA loan instead.)

«The cost of rent and staff is equal to what we're paying the likes of Google for digital advertising and producing direct - mail promotions,» he points out.

Meanwhile, «transportation in the U.S. costs the equivalent of less than one yuan ($) per kilometer, while road tolls [in China] are higher,» he added, pointing out that some mid - and small - sized Chinese enterprises have already started moving to Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Cambodia for cheaper wages and materials.

An unexpected expense or sudden cost increase is often responsible for the shortfall, and it may well be the final breaking point for a business that's already struggling.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

IDC also pointed out a large reason for the Chromebook's success: the low - cost devices have been a hit with K - 12 schools in the United States, even though the company is still looking to break into consumer and business markets.

Fiverr, for example, is a common site that people buy links on because it can only cost $ 5 for hundreds of links pointing back to your website.

As the Journal story points out, YES signed a deal with the Yankees to lock up TV rights for 30 years at a cost of about $ 1.5 billion.

Robert Burgess, editor at Head for Points, talks about the most cost - effective way to use air miles and which airlines have the best schemes.

April 26 - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a strong open for the tech - heavy Nasdaq on Thursday as a slew of upbeat earnings from Facebook and Qualcomm helped set aside worries over rising U.S. bond yields and corporate costs.

These cost - cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low - cost passenger flights in the space.

You can offer the product for less... since as the last two points proved, your costs are less.

The company has responded with statements saying that it's not as dependent on drug price increases as critics have claimed; it has also pointed out that while attention has focused on changes in list prices for drugs, those prices don't reflect the actual cost for insurers, governments and other group purchasers, which typically receive discounts that aren't publicly disclosed.

Instead, says product manager Michael Soule, the company has created «challenger» sticks, each with a key point of differentiation: The carbon - fibre EK15 costs $ 199, has a low «kick point» (designed for faster wrist shots) and is the only stick under 400 grams.

The $ 80 - a-month starting point makes Verizon's unlimited plan costlier than T - Mobile One, which starts at $ 70 a month for a single line, and Sprint's unlimited data plan, which normally costs $ 60 a month.

Vicis's price point could be another hindrance to wide adoption: The Zero1 costs $ 950, as compared with $ 400 to $ 500 for most other high - end helmets.

While that's a modest return for a high - flying tech stock, at a certain point, Twitter would hit a wall trying to satisfy investors and contain its costs.

One common aspect of a rent - to - own arrangement is for a portion of the monthly rent to go into an escrow account until the date of purchase, at which point the saved - up amount is used toward closing costs or a down payment.

It's unclear at this point if owners, tenants, or others will be responsible for the costs.

After applying for five different design patents, finding a supplier for the prototype, and coming up with a low - cost price point, Braga contacted buyers in catalogs.

Case in point: a family that used to spend hundreds per month going out to the movies can now binge - watch all four seasons of House of Cards on Netflix in 30 days for less than the cost of a large popcorn.

A new infographic from Skadeedle / Vertical Response pulls together some of the things that PR pros should absolutely include as part of their press releases (a catchy headline, for example), and some of the things they should avoid at all costs (like exclamation points!).

Given growing doctor shortages and increasing pressure for cost control, more medical care will be pushed downstream to nurse practitioners, mini-practices inside retailers» locations, and in mobile - van and in - home practices and via online, where diagnosis and issuance of prescriptions is an evolving business very near the tipping point of a boom.

Of course, the main point of the gigafactory is not to produce cutting - edge batteries, but to produce existing tech on a scale that will bring costs down — Tesla hopes to sell an electric sedan for $ 35,000.

«Even though Blue Apron turns a profit on the remaining 30 % of customers, the break - even point is moving farther away with every new cohort due to declining revenue and growing [customer acquisition cost] for newer customers,» writes McCarthy.

However, the United award chart shows that business class saver tickets only cost 60,000 each way, or 120,000 round - trip for the same exact flight, a quarter of how many miles or points you would have needed with cash back or a statement credit.

To his point, petitions for H - 1B visas cost upwards of $ 1,000, and are often plucked for consideration from a lottery.

That would cost 460,000 fixed - value points, or points exchanged for cash back, if you wanted to use them to «erase» the purchase from your statement.

Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of how to focus on tackling big pain points for your clients, which will help them drive more revenues or materially lower their costs.

Williamson said the PMIs pointed to fourth - quarter GDP growth of 0.1 percent, weaker than the 0.2 percent predicted in a Reuters poll last week, but that very weak expansion is coming at a cost: firms cut prices for the 33rd month.

Businesses, from startups to Fortune 500s, need to adopt a similar mindset when it comes to their own commanders - in - chief, because cyber attacks are a low - cost, low - risk way to steal intellectual property, business intelligence and ultimately the company's money — and the C - suite (along with other key figures, like a head engineer or programmer) is definitely a focal point for criminals.

«Our mission is to provide multiple access points for customers to save money,» said company president and CEO Dirk Van den Berghe, in a rather benign assessment of Walmart's mission to squeeze suppliers and discourage unionization at all costs.