Sentences with phrase «points on award redemptions»

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Here's a benefit exclusive to business owners like you, a 35 percent point redemption bonus on air travel when you an award flight through AmexTravel.com making your points worth 1.35 cents each (1000 points = $ 135).

One benefit of your new Marriott Rewards Premier Plus account is an Anniversary Free Night Award e-certificate every year after your account anniversary, valid for a one night hotel stay at a property with a redemption level at or under 35,000 points, instead of the category 1 - 4 hotel e-certificate valued up to 20,000 points you received on your Marriott Rewards account.

Redeeming JetBlue points for the highest value after earning them with this card is a little more challenging than on some other airlines, since there are no fixed - value awards for flight redemptions.

That's less than ideal, but since Marriott Rewards points are seldom worth even a cent each on award night redemptions, I don't consider it a great sacrifice given the potential upside of the experiment.

You can then transfer those points to Virgin Atlantic, which has a generous award chart with flight redemptions based on one - way distance, and occasionally offers transfer bonuses adding to the potential value.

On the flip side, LifeMiles does not make it easy, or frankly very possible, to do complicated itineraries, so this program is best for simple point - to - point travel with a single - level, straightforward award redemption system.

Since my US Bank Club Carlson Business Rewards card earns 5 Gold Points per dollar spent everywhere, the dollars spent on the card in order to make this award redemption earned about 4.1 % cash back.

Most airlines publish award charts, but JetBlue bases the amount of points needed for redemption on the fare and other factors.

Redeeming JetBlue points for the highest value after earning them with this card is a little more challenging than on some other airlines, since there are no fixed - value awards for flight redemptions.

Keep in mind that if you have the IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card you get a 10 % refund on award redemptions, up to 100,000 points back per year.

Sometimes award redemptions offer you really lousy value and it's better to just pay with a credit card and earn points / miles on the purchase and on the flight / stay.

I'd rather store them elsewhere where I can get better value on my redemptions — or even earn points with a transferable currency like Citi, Chase, or American Express» reward programs, so I can transfer them to any carrier where I can get a fantastic first or business class award.

One of the worst ways to use your Hawaiian miles is with Jet Blue, which operates its own award program on a value - based redemption system that pegs the price in TrueBlue points to the current value of the ticket.

At that point, it's all about using the cheapest redemption methods to cover those costs and by focusing on the 1.67 redemption value, I'm able to better compare my options between award programs.

While you can also earn points on travel purchases and get a better award travel redemption rate than most travel rewards cards, rewards points are not the only reason you might carry the Chase Sapphire Reserve in your pocket.

Also keep in mind that if you have the IHG Rewards Club Select Credit Card you get a 10 % refund on award redemptions, up to 100,000 points back each year.

I can't see any way that this many UR points can be introduced into the system without there being some serious knock - on effects for award availability (short - term issue) and for redemption rates (long - term issue).

Previously, award redemptions on Singapore Airlines had two sets of points tables.

Thankfully, one general rule of awards bookings — the best value for your points is usually found on long - haul bookings — allows you to reap dramatic savings using international award redemption zones.

No GC Award Points will be earned on any amount of the bill settled by redemption of Instant Dining Awards.

Korean Air has a competitive business class point redemption shown on their Skyteam North American Award Chart, so I knew we would be in for an incredible experience.

All relevant details must be clearly stated on the Event Contract including the Event Planner's full name, Membership number and number of GC Award Points to be used for Redemption Awards.

Members are required to indicate on the bill, the number of GC Award Points that the Member wishes to use and sign the bill as confirmation of the redemption of Instant Dining Awards.

Not losing focus is a pretty key element to making sure you earn enough miles / points for whatever awards you're aiming for so, if you're in the process of accumulating Avios for a British Airways redemption, you should probably carry on down that path and not split your earnings.

From a customer point of view this new partnership could open up some nice redemption options providing the airlines aren't too conservative when they agree on award costs.

But if you really want to optimize your Club Carlson award redemptions, you either need a Gold status or a US Bank credit card, since it gives you the status entitling you to pay 50 % points on a 2 - night stay.

Some of the best include the following: United Airlines, which opens up access to the huge Star Alliance network of carriers; British Airways, offering great value on short - haul nonstop flights due to their distance - based award chart; Korean Airlines, with amazing award availability in their first class cabins; and Hyatt, which is widely recognized as offering some of the highest value point redemption opportunities of any hotel chain.

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I recall the upgrade to a pool suite was something like an extra 2,000 points or $ 100 a night on top of what's already an expensive award redemption.

With first class partner redemptions on United now pricing at 110,000 miles each way from the U.S. to Europe, the elimination of the low 4,500 Avios level award band for domestic short - hops via British Airways, and Southwest points worth less than ever before, it's hard to suggest that Ultimate Rewards still has the strongest stable of transfer partners.

I would never hesitate to speak for Scott, so what I think Scott was trying to say is that certain points (such as American Express Membership Rewards earned on a Platinum card, which was the actual subject of his post) are so incredibly valuable when used for premium cabin award redemptions on a regular award chart that it's almost a shame to not maximize them for that purpose.

Starwood gives you the «5th night free» on all award redemptions of Category 3 and above and they also have a great offering called «Nights and Flights» which add even more value to your point redemptions.

Wan na Get Away Fare Redemptions: Although I often talk of the value of transferable points thanks to the flexibility they give you to top up accounts and book premium international tickets on a whim, Rapid Rewards represents the flip side of award tickets where you know you are getting a great (semi) fixed value on award tickets of about 1.8 - 2 cents each on Wan na Get Away (leisure) fares and you can redeem them for any open seat on a flight, just as if you were buying it.

After demystifying Hilton HHonors AXON and GLON award redemptions and helping readers choose amongst the three (now four) Hilton credit cards, TPG contributor Nick fills us in on how to stretch your Hilton HHonors points even further with Premium Room Rewards and Room Upgrade Rewards.

That's thanks not - only to great award night redemptions at hotels, but also the versatility they give me to transfer to over 30 airline partners with a 25 % bonus on 20,000 - point transfers.

Points required for award redemption varies based on destination and date of travel.

In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1 cent a point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2 cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few points at the margin to top off an account for an award I've put on hold — where it makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real redemption).

Flying Blue also allows a stopover and open jaw routing on roundtrip awards, so even if you have to pay fuel surcharges, you may be able to get well more than the standard 1 cent per point or less that Citi gives for ThankYou point redemptions.

We can therefore confidently say that on the average, Starwood points are worth between 2.0 to 2.2 cents per point for standard award redemption.

«Classic Upgrade Reward» or «Flight Upgrade Award» or «Upgrade Reward» means the redemption of Qantas Points for travel in a higher cabin than the class for the fare tendered, as further described in clauses 16 and 17, and includes On Departure Rewards;

We provide tips and tricks on maximizing frequent flyer accumulation for miles traveled, web promotions, customer reward points and wise redemption of these awards.

It features no blackout dates and no point expiration dates for active members, plus instant rewards and on - line award redemption.