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Go back to bed OP
Haha I’m trying
I am asking for a range because I know it depends on the location you travel to and the number of days. I would say at least 10-13k based on a mid tier city (like Atlanta, Charlotte) traveling Monday to Thursday. Upwards of 16k+ for top tier city (NYC)
If you can actually redeem the points. If not, 0. Plus, points will usually be devalued. (Looking at you, SkyCents.)
Btw, why did you wake up at 4 with this question...😂😂
Haha not traveling due to corona virus / working from home is making me realize how much I miss traveling
I would ballpark almost 10k. They really do add up and that’s why I volunteer to travel. Also don’t forget the money you’re saving because you get to expense everything!
Makes sense. Also, we need to include the monetary value for status on airlines and hotels. Upgrades on airlines and suites are quite a bit if you don’t have status
The points are definitely one of the perks I enjoy about this work and am totally missing traveling already and we've only been grounded for like two weeks!
Agreed. That’s why I’m trying to estimate a $ amount
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/monthly-valuations/
Sure! I’ll be really interested in what you come up with; they do (I think?) estimate the value of status, too, with some caveats thrown in about how much you make use of each of the status perks...
Value of meals has nothing to do with project city. Equates to what you would have spent on an equivalent meal in your home city. That said, 5k ($25 per day, 4 days per week, 50 weeks per year) is a conservative number.
D1 no it does not if you are trying to calculate a salary hike as you said below. If you have to spend $50 a day to feed yourself on a travel project in NYC but you live in Kansas City and would be staying there for a non travel job and can feed your self for $25 a day, then why would you need $50 a day in salary hike? You’d only be spending $25 extra a day at home.
Including CSR, hotel, airline, uber, savings on meals, roughly $375-450 a week... WFH is killing my pockets. Caveat is I regularly work in the highest COL cities so that inflates my CSR, hotel, and uber rewards
Thanks for sharing. So pretty much in line with what I estimated 16kish. 80% of 52 is around 41 weeks traveled. 41 x 400 a week (to be conservative) is about $16,400. Good to know
So I’ve actually done this before (since I’d like to know how much of a salary hike I’d need to work for a non travel job). Our expense policy officially is no breakfast and no dinner on travel days respectively. Typical mid-low tier city has a $7 breakfast, $13 lunch, and $30 dinner budget ($163/wk). I travel some 47 weeks of the year. I earn roughly 100k hyatt points a year (1.7c/pt per TPG), 100k AA miles a year (1.4c/mile per TPG), and flex/alt travel once a month worth $550 (mind you, all of these are conservative numbers). I also spend $100k on my Amex annually (100k pts at 2c/pt per TPG). If you add the numbers up, it comes out to: (163*47)+(100k*1.7c)+(100k*1.4c)+(550*12)+(100k*2c)=$7,661+$1,700+$1,400+$6,600+$2000=$19,361
Wow thanks for the detailed response. Very interesting on the high end
around 80K points with a 2hr flight every week for a year
$600 airline
The Points Guy values Marriott points at .8 cents and Delta points at 1.2 cents. That would put the value of them per 100,000 points at $800 and $1200 respectively.