What was the best deal that you got on your miles/rewards points?

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Lufthansa first class ticket from NYC to Bangkok. It was amazing. Second was Qatar q suites from ATL to India.

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Yeah, I struggle to figure out how to use points for flights…

Heh.

190k for 5 nights at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain. Fifth night free since with points, then upgraded thanks to Ambassador status to a full suite. Probably around $3600-4000 of rooms

Then used 90k Delta SkyPesos + regional upgrade certificates for trans-US flights in first class. About $2500 of flights give or take

Mixed corporate CDP code with Hertz President’s Circle to get a BMW 220i convertible for the week at $200. Would have cost maybe $900 or so without it

So… maybe $7k+ of travel across three programs for a killer vacation

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Gotcha. What you listed sounds cool, but not my up alley. My plan is to check out Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and then just ride somewhere out into the country to see dark skies. And some proper Mexican food of course

Marriott suite night awards, oddly.. Used 9 SNAs to upgrade a $300/night room at a JW to a $1000/night legit 2-room suite. $6300 benefit not bad right

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You can choose 5 SNAs when you get Platinum and Titanium, so I had 10 to use. They expire at EoY so gotta use em, but they don't always work, so I got pretty lucky and traveled during the off season

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Free business class ticket

A1 How did you get a free ticket? Free stopover/open jaw?

I got 4 nights at Conrad at ~30k amex points/night in Tulum, Mexico, free breakfast each day, early check in, late check out, basic room to ocean view suite upgrade, $375 credit towards overall stay. I think that was pretty good, but I heard some crazy stories of aspirational vacations.

Oh damn I would’ve jumped on this too.

I found that I didnt like the miles rewards. I now find that I use paceline to get 5% cash back just for working out. It 5% on health and beauty, groceries and 3% on everything else. I think it adds up quicker than airfare miles, plus i don't fly enough.

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