Not exact matches
Ultimate
Rewards (earned from the Sapphire Reserve / Preferred) can be used
at a
fixed - value when booking through UltimateRewards.com but can also be worth more when transferring to travel partners like Hyatt or United where you pay a
fixed number of
points in those programs which are not dependent on the cash cost of that room / flight otherwise.
Under its
Reward Saver scheme, you pay a
fixed # 35 fee on most short - haul economy flights, as long as you earn
at least one
point in the year before you book.
Ultimate
Rewards (earned from the Sapphire Reserve / Preferred) can be used
at a
fixed - value when booking through UltimateRewards.com but can also be worth more when transferring to travel partners like Hyatt or United where you pay a
fixed number of
points in those programs which are not dependent on the cash cost of that room / flight otherwise.
Chase cards earn Chase Ultimate
Rewards (UR)
points, three cards (Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Ink Bold & Chase Ink Plus) offer the ability to transfer these
points to their hotel partners
at a
fixed rate of 1:1.
You can redeem your
rewards for cashback
at the
fixed rate of one cent per
point by way of a statement credit to your card or a deposit to your bank account.
Similar to AmEx Membership
Reward points, Chase Ultimate
Reward points can be used
at a
fixed value to book travel through Chase or transferred to popular hotel and airline partners such as United, Hyatt, Southwest and Marriott.
While there used to be
fixed price
rewards that could get a slightly higher value,
rewards are now only available
at standard 100
points per $ 1.
The airline has an extensive domestic route network and offers a «
fixed - value»
rewards program, meaning
points can be used for any flight
at any time and you never have to worry about availability.
On the other hand, Southwest (which is a Chase transfer partner) has a
fixed - value redemption system where their Rapid
Rewards points are worth 70 to 80
points per dollar, which comes out to 1.43 cents per
point at best.
The redemption rate of BankAmericard
rewards points is
fixed at one cent each.
There are two ways to use Ultimate
Rewards for travel: transferring
points to airline and hotel programs, or redeeming
points directly for airfare, hotels, or rental cars
at a
fixed rate.
For example, Wyndham
rewards has a
fixed rate of 15,000
points per night (
at a value of 1ct / pt or $ 150 / night).
By doing so, you can redeem your
points at a higher
fixed value toward travel through the Ultimate
Rewards website or potentially transfer
points to one of Chase's many travel partners where you can extract much more value than one cent each.
Accor's customer service for the
reward program is generally pretty bad, with
points frequently not posting and non-sensical, copy & paste letters being the standard of service when you try to get it
fixed — that is a far cry from what you experience
at the Sofitel hotels, so you might want to temper your expectations from the
rewards program or it might spoil your stay!
For example, it is much better to use American Express Membership
rewards Points to transfer to British Airways Avios to purchase a Business Class Are Lingus ticket from Boston to Dublin than it is to use a
fixed -
point earning currency to outright pay that ticket
at the cash price.
But it does provide a general framework that
at least lets you calculate, within general parameters, what the tradeoff is between
fixed - value and flexible
rewards points, between hotel
points and airline miles, and between manufactured spend and signup bonuses.