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EY1, Amex points are worth 1 cent per point when booking thru the portal. Amex points are garbage
Chase points can be used thru the portal at 1.5 cents per point tho
Don’t listen to the points guy - it’s actually owned by a firm called Red Ventures who is hired by CC companies to build leads and find new customers. Some stuff is good there but most is crap now that he sold out
I think the vast majority of us spend very little on airfare that we can put on a personal card
Mainly those. And to south America
amex points are good to transfer to ANA. go to japan dude. like 85k points for round trip business class. that’s at least a $2k ticket. i think it’s 150k or so for round trip first, and it’s one of the best first class experiences around
Just book airline travel at 1.5 cents each. 5x for airfare means 7.5% back. Not bad. Don't listen to pointsguy, he's a conman who makes commission on credit card sign ups, ofc he's going to inflate their value
^ may be accurate. I use both so could have mixed them up. Either way, point stands: 5% cash back for airfare is awesome and they give you a metal card now!
Avios
EY2, what value do you see in Avios other than for short-haul flights? Now if AA flights actually showed up on their website with any sort of consistency they might be more useful, but as it is they're too difficult for the average user to get good value from