Beginner here. I'm trying to use my points to buy a flight to Puerto Rico. If Delta costs me 55k points on my Amex (valued at $600 per Points Guy), versus United which costs me 60k points (valued at $700), shouldn't I still just go with the Delta cause I'm spending less points?

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You should focus on preserving whatever points are hardest for you to acquire.

Also, how much is the flight worth? Because 60k United can be long haul J on a good partner. If you’re burning 60k on a $650 domestic trip I wouldn’t even use points.

Would be a shame to burn all your Delta points for a messily 1cpp redemption just to price yourself out of a flash sale (for example, I went to Colombia for 6k).

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Yes, that’s correct. Also for Delta, they have dynamic award pricing so they almost always are roughly ~1.1cpp or (at least 1cpp, you can redeem delta miles at .01 cents).

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When using points, download the In Points We Trust conversion matrix and always search partner airlines for the route too.

like D1 said above, cpp is your focus. I just got a Delta One ticket to Europe for 40k points by booking through Virgin Atlantic (partner airline). That's a solid $6,000 flight.

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Booked leg there about two months ago. Leg back last week.

Home to DTW to FRA (Delta One)

FLR to AMS to JFK to Home (business whole day)

60k on UA to puerto rico? If it's not first class, then it's YN/everyday award and I would not burn those for it. Delta ties the mileage to cash ticket so you get what you get. I would do Delta if you absolutely want to use miles/points.

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In other words, shouldn't I just choose whichever flight costs me the least number of points?

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