Realistically how many points/miles does it actually take to take a trip somewhere exotic and pay next to nothing? If you have experience / knowledge on the matter please try to share type of points too (Chase UR, Amex MR, Delta Sky Pesos, etc)

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I guess exotic is subjective but I used ~150k AA miles (combo of miles flown and transfer from Corp Amex to go to Zanzibar. Paid about $100 out of pocket. Used maybe 45k or so Delta Skymiles to go to Grand Cayman with $10 or something like that out of pocket.

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I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Depends on you. I only fly business class so 400k miles to book. Same story for hotel rooms.

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