Personally, I prefer to
use my points for premium travel, so last year I transferred some of my UR points to Singapore Airlines so I could fly their Suites Class.
Not exact matches
Using Ultimate Rewards
points for international
premium cabin flight makes more sense to me.
The lesson is that you probably don't want to primarily earn Venture
points if you want to
use them
for international travel, especially
premium travel.
Each Sapphire Preferred
point is worth at least 1.25 cents, but really, they're worth a lot more when
used to redeem
for award flights at partner airlines or free stays at
premium hotels.
Using the pupil
premium effectively to narrow the gap is the starting
point for succeeding in this challenge.
Oh dear, you're thinking, if it's become so massive, that'll be the razor - sharp driving pleasure out the window, especially when, in the blurb
for this car, talk of dynamics seems to have taken second place to repeated
use of the word «
premium» to the
point where the word becomes meaningless.
Roadside Assistance
for 1 Year (
for Toyota Certified
Used Hybrids program) * 160
Point Inspection (
for Toyota Certified
Used Vehicles program), 174
Point Inspection (
for Toyota Certified
Used Hybrids program) * Warranty Deductible: $ 50 * Transferable Warranty * Roadside Assistance * Limited Warranty: 12 Month / 12, 000 Mile (whichever comes first) from certified purchase date * Vehicle HistoryAwards: * 2016 IIHS Top Safety Pick + Ask about our Motor Trend Certified Advantage.Reviews: * Great fuel economy; roomy interior
for people and cargo; composed ride quality; well - sorted tech interface; small price
premium over non-hybrid version.
It
used to be the
premium Kindle before the Oasis came along, but now it's starting to look more outdated, especially at the $ 200 + price
point for a 6 - inch model.
If you are looking
for premium travel, the best
use of Citi ThankYou
points is as a transfer to Cathay Pacific or Singapore Airlines, the two most flexible and powerful airline programs connected to ThankYou rewards.
If you are interested in
point redemption
for travel, you might prefer to obtain another
premium Chase card — Chase Sapphire Preferred ® or Chase Sapphire Reserve ® — to
use it together with Chase Freedom
for travel reward maximization purposes.
Each Sapphire Preferred
point is worth at least 1.25 cents, but really, they're worth a lot more when
used to redeem
for award flights at partner airlines or free stays at
premium hotels.
Current bonus: 25,000 bonus Starpoints after you
use your new card to make $ 3,000 in purchases within the first three months Earning rates: 2
points per dollar spent at SPG hotels; 1
point per dollar spent everywhere else Other benefits: No foreign transaction fees; 2 stays and 5 nights toward SPG elite status every year; free in - room
premium internet; Boingo Wi - Fi Annual fee: $ 95 (waived
for the first year)
If you're not quite there yet, just
use your
premium Chase travel credit card throughout the year and you'll be surprised at how quickly you'll get enough
points for your dream vacation.
If you're planning to redeem your miles
for domestic
premium cabin travel,
use Singapore Airlines miles instead of trading in Amex
points for United miles to see your savings add up quickly!
Even then, you'll likely get a better value by transferring your
points to a
premium card and
using them
for travel rewards.
You'll be able to
use a smaller number of
points to pay
for onboard purchases, such as
premium beverages or dining, or save up to pay
for the entire cruise.
How to save on unaccompanied minor fees — When buying airfare
for an unaccompanied minor, you may be able to pay with your card
points and
use a
premium card's travel credits to cover the added fees.
As you apply
for other
premium UR cards you can then transfer your UR back out and
use the flexibility of those Ink or Sapphire cards to get the UR
points into a hotel / airline program.
The real value is
using transferable
points like Amex Membership or Chase Ultimate Rewards
points because you can
use them
for premium flights and hotels, and they don't have a fixed value.
... will be flying the cheapest available from now on and
using my cerdit card
points for premium travel.
If you are looking
for premium travel, the best
use of Citi ThankYou
points is as a transfer to Cathay Pacific or Singapore Airlines, the two most flexible and powerful airline programs connected to ThankYou rewards.
That may be true if you're actually
using your MR
points that way, though it also assumes that you agree with me when I said that «Yes, You DID Get 10 Cents Per Mile
For Your Award Redemption» in calculating the value of
premium award redemptions.
Though bank rewards
points are usually maximized by transferring them
for premium redemptions, many «regular» folks prefer to
use their
points to go visit the family in Iowa
for the holidays, which means transferability isn't as vital.
If you're planning to redeem your miles
for domestic
premium cabin travel,
use Singapore Airlines miles instead of trading in Amex
points for United miles to see your savings add up quickly!
You earn higher rewards and you can
use your
points at more airlines and
for premium travel!
For example,
using the Membership Rewards
points to redeem a
premium class flight on Cathay Pacific between New York and Hong Kong in first class can yield up to 13 cents per
point.
If you're not quite there yet, just
use your
premium Chase travel credit card throughout the year and you'll be surprised at how quickly you'll get enough
points for your dream vacation.
The lesson is that you probably don't want to primarily earn Venture
points if you want to
use them
for international travel, especially
premium travel.
Miles and
points can be
used to save on airfares and hotel costs and, contrary to often parroted opinion, you don't have to save up
for premium class travel if you don't want to.
The following transactions are excluded from earning
points: BPAY transactions, payments to the Australian Taxation Office (effective 2/11/2015) unless made
using a Business Awards card, balance transfers, cash advances (including a transaction treated by the Bank as a cash advance,
for example, utility bills paid in person at a bank), purchases of foreign exchange, credit card insurance
premiums, travellers cheques, interest charges, Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct fees, Bank fees, Card account payments, transactions deemed by the Bank to be
for business purposes (excluding transactions on Business Awards, Business Gold Awards and Business Platinum Awards cards) and any other transactions which may from time to time be excluded by the Bank.
(By contrast, I value most other airline
points at about 2 cents each because I can
use them
for international
premium cabin awards, or even some pricey domestic fares that normally cost $ 500 +.)
Moreover,
premium cards that come with annual fees often have flexible
points that you can
use for free flights on a variety of carriers, and most of the time you get more than one cent in value per
point.
These
points can then be
used with over 400 partners
for flights, shopping or towards your health insurance
premium itself.
To clarify, I mean if you're paying cash (by cash I mean hopefully
using a credit card that gets travel awards)
for your economy ticket, you may be able pay a similar amount of cash to buy
points / miles and then
use those
points / miles to book
premium cabin travel.
They've also made some improvements like adding the ability to
use cash and
points for suites and
premium rooms.
You'll get more value
for your
points if you can wait until you have more, and then
use them
for more expensive destinations and / or
premium cabin seats.
Of course, the calculation can also show you that it's better to
use miles — this tends to be true
for long - haul
premium classes: spending 80,000 American AAdvantage miles
for a first class trip from New York City to Tokyo on JAL, even though you wouldn't earn miles is obviously an unbeatable value compared to the 901,334 UR
points you would need to cover the $ 13,520 cash price of the same flight.
However, if you are planning to apply
for a
premium Chase Ultimate Rewards card, such as Sapphire Preferred or Ink Plus in the near future, you should wait until you're able to
use the
points for airline transfer, which can offer you a much higher value.
While you can't redeem
points for Even More Space seats (
premium economy), you can often buy up to that section of the cabin
using cash after you've made your award reservation.
If you're only going to redeem
for a fixed value of 1 cent per
point — or even 1.25 cents per
point — you might as well skip having a
premium credit card and instead
use a card like Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite card or the Fidelity Investment Rewards American Express, since either of those cards will give you 2 cents per dollar spent on everything.
Once upon a time, the best
use of Ultimate Rewards
points from the Sapphire Preferred was to transfer them to United to redeem
for awesome
premium cabin redemptions on United's partners such as Lufthansa and Swiss Air.
Citi ThankYou
Points are best
used for international
premium cabins through their 1:1 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.
Why it's worth it: The Sapphire Reserve won our battle of the
premium credit cards
for a reason: It offers a stellar selection of perks, from a $ 300 annual travel credit that can be
used toward a wide variety of purchases, to the ability to redeem
points for 1.5 cents apiece through the Chase travel portal.
Each Sapphire Preferred
point is worth at least 1.25 cents, but really, they're worth a lot more when
used to redeem
for award flights at partner airlines or free stays at
premium hotels.
For me personally, the list of partners of Citibank Prestige is more attractive with more premium carriers — I typically use my points for aspirational first or business class tickets on top airlin
For me personally, the list of partners of Citibank Prestige is more attractive with more
premium carriers — I typically
use my
points for aspirational first or business class tickets on top airlin
for aspirational first or business class tickets on top airlines.
I like to
use my
points for international
premium cabin travel without fuel fees and high taxes.
The important thing
for most of us is to keep at least one
premium Chase product open so that it will be possible to
use the
points for travel redemptions.
General travel cards that
use points to erase travel expenses are flexible and might be good
for cheaper domestic coach fares, but they're not ideal
for buying a seat in the
premium cabin, Snyder says.
For me it meant the end of using British Airways points for premium cabin long haul awar
For me it meant the end of
using British Airways
points for premium cabin long haul awar
for premium cabin long haul awards.