CSR cardholders: are you redeeming your points now, or holding onto them for 2022+ (or whenever travel is truly back)?

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I redeemed all of mine using the pay yourself back option. It was the same “worth 50% more” bonus as spending it on travel so I didn’t feel like I lost any value by spending now vs waiting

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Same here. I used about 200k last year in pay yourself back. Loved how it knocked out a chunk of my balance.

I redeemed all of mine because they have the 1.5x value for restaurant purchases currently. Easily redeemed nearly $3,000 over the past few months. My card renews in April and I’m probably going to close it since I haven’t been traveling, their fee went up $100, etc

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Redeemed in cash in April, put it all into WTI futures for May 2020 delivery

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Redeem in cash backs. I feel like the longer I keep those points the more likely they will be devalued.

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Defs holding and letting the points accumulate. The plan was to use for a kickass leg of my honeymoon. Alas, I am single af.

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Holding them off

I have AMEX Plat and I’m choosing to hold

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What’s the best redemption value? I have close to 100k points and was just going to get an new iPhone when the time is right lol

Definitely travel. For biz and first class international flights you're looking at >5cpp. Iphone is probably one of the worst redemptions.

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Pay yourself back what i can and holding onto the rest.

I'm looking forward to some great first-class flights with all these points once I'm traveling again!

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