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Saved 1M Marriot points and some AA miles for my honeymoon. International redemion is a better point redemption ratio than in the US. Had my honeymoon of 5 days in Dubai and a week in the maldeeves all covered by points. Would have been $24k booking with cash
Way better than redeeming state side for the equivalent of a couple hundred dollar savings here and there
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I mean, the reality is that most people don't really know how to use points. I've heard of people who hoard points for years just to redeem 1M Chase UR for home depot gift cards.
People actually in the game understand that you need to churn and burn, although 500k isn't so insane that you need to rush to burn them.
I've always spent them as I earned them. Companies devalue points way too often to hoard them. It makes sense if you have a big event planned a year out but otherwise you're just losing value.
I hoard a million points and burn. Family of 4 business class round trip to Middle East does that lol. Value usually comes down to 2cpp+ . But yeah I hoard.
I don’t try to hoard but have 5m + points. I don’t pay for vacations but have churned and saved enough that I end up with a stash even when I gift stuff. Most of it grew when we had young kids and didn’t really travel much for a few years, now I burn about as fast as an earn- devaluations still sting.
I’m in similar boat almost 1M pts. Always had the idea of using for an extravagant trip, potentially honeymoon. After the news of CSR changes I’m starting to try and use them for every flight, hotel, car rental no matter destination. Open to any tips, tricks, resources on how to best utilize - main advice I’ve heard is transfer to Hyatt for stays.
Depends on your situation. Points aren’t all that easy to use for my primary travel destination right now so I pay while sitting on them. Wish I didn’t have to.
I pay for my hotels and domestic flights out of pocket. I save my points for international flights for the better value.