flights on US Airways and Southwest that would have been
poor value redemptions with other miles
Not exact matches
As you can see from our
redemption chart below, you have many
redemption options beside airfare, but most other options have a very
poor value:
But just like with Marriott Rewards, we don't particularly recommend that you use this transfer partner, as the
redemption value is relatively
poor.
A very
poor redemption (such as for cash - back) will result in a
value of about 0.5 cents per point.
Convenience Store Rewards offer a
poor redemption value.
Personally, I'd rather simply pay the $ 115 cash fare on AtlasJet or use points from an Arrival card in order to cover the cash cost, but that's only because this many points are a relatively
poor redemption value when compared to the obscene
value Donna can attain with the rest of her itinerary.
A really
poor redemption, such as redeeming points for purchases at Amazon, has a
value of about 0.5 cents per point.
Comparatively, this is a much stronger
value than a regular Economy
redemption, but still presents
poor value.
That means long - distance
redemptions can often be a
poor value, but short, expensive flights can offer tremendous
value.
But just like with Marriott Rewards, we don't particularly recommend that you use this transfer partner, as the
redemption value is equally
poor.
But just like with Marriott Rewards, we don't particularly recommend that you use this transfer partner, as the
redemption value is relatively
poor.
Considering it's often remarkably easy to get over 1.0 cent / mile in
value out of MileagePlus miles when they're spent on airfare, 0.83 cents / mile in
value is a
poor redemption.
Having said that, I will always check the cash prices of the better hotels in a city we'll be visiting just to make sure that there aren't any good deals to be had (which would make a points
redemption poor value) and, if there's a chance to combine a good deal with the Citi Prestige credit card's «4th night free» benefit, then that's the way I'll go.
Economy Class Avios
redemptions are usually pretty
poor value but this offer is worth looking at a bit more closely.
The
redemption levels offered on Hawaiian Airlines, China Airlines» only non-SkyTeam partner have a
poor value as well: 25,000 for a round - trip interisland flight and 40,000 between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.
(Award nights start at 20,000 points; the hotel may be nice, but if you can pay $ 199, then that's a
poor redemption value.)
The April Avios devaluation made Business Class awards decidedly
poor value but, without huge surcharges, there is definitely
value to be had out of the Economy Class
redemptions.
The biggest limitations are the too - short time window to make award
redemptions, the limited number of hotels outside the US and the
poor redemption value during my nine months of trying this out!
But it's not nearly enough to just allocate them some kind of uniform valuation, as some miles may be very valuable for a given type of
redemption (e.g. Avios for short - haul economy awards) and quite a
poor value for other types of
redemptions (for Avios, ultra long - haul in a premium cabin with high mileage cost and often high fuel surcharges).
I found
redemption rates to be very high, making it very
poor value.
If the
redemption for which you would transfer your miles gives you less
value per point, it's definitely a
poor choice.
Between the
poor redemption value and the limited booking window, I found it hard to get any
value out of the program!
The
poor redemption values and low reward rate compared to other programs make it unattractive to earn points with stays and I wouldn't direct my travel spend to Hilton for the rewards program alone — just stay whenever a Hilton property is the best fit for your travel needs.
As for the actual
value of the miles, I couldn't find any interesting
redemptions, as it seems that the earn: burn ratio is rather
poor.
Generally, these rates offer very
poor redemption value, especially for elite members looking to book stays of four nights or longer.
I was assured by the representative that cash
redemptions have a minimum $ 25 threshold for
redemption, but those
redemptions would cost 5,000 points, keeping those at
poor value.