Tag: Reasonable Redemption Values
Fair Trading Prices for Points and Miles
Thinking of buying points and miles? Make sure to pay a fair price.
Overview
Lately I've been doing some pretty strange things. I checked into a...
How much should you pay for Elite Qualifying Miles?
When opportunities arise to purchase elite qualifying miles, should you go for it? How do you know if it’s a good deal?
Background
Delta is running...
When is an award flight a good deal?
Suppose you are looking for a good deal for a flight and you find that you can either buy a ticket for $400 or...
Fair trading prices explained
A better way to estimate the acquisition value (not the redemption value) of points and miles. Last year I introduced the idea of...
Fairer hotel trading prices
One of the posts that I’m most proud of is this one: Fair Trading Prices for Points and Miles. In that post, I pointed...
Ben is wrong. Gary is right. Neither is helpful.
If you regularly read View from the Wing or One Mile at a Time you know that Gary and Ben have been duking it...
Impossible point valuations and the joy of free
How much are United miles worth? Delta miles? American Airlines? How much are Ultimate Rewards points worth? What about Club Carlson points? Starwood points? ...
Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values
Figuring out the value of airline miles or hotel points is difficult. In fact, I’ve argued in the past that it is impossible (see...
Reasonable Redemption Values. A work in progress
Last week I suggested an approach for estimating “reasonable redemption values” of points and miles (please see “Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values”). The idea is...
Reasonable Redemption Values taking shape
Slowly, but surely, “Reasonable Redemption Values” (RRVs) are taking shape for various types of points and miles. When I last wrote about this, I...
A Reasonable Redemption SNAFU
They’re barely out of the gate, but already there’s a problem with Reasonable Redemption Values. Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs) are estimates of the redemption...
Amex EveryDay cards deflate Fair Trading Prices, Ink Cash outshines Ink Plus, Freedom outshines...
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Last...
Airline Miles are worth 1.4 cents each. A simplified approach to Reasonable Redemption Values.
One credit card offers a $500 signup bonus. Another offers 40,000 airline miles. Which is better?
One online portal offers 10% cash back when shopping...
Oddball airline miles (Southwest, JetBlue, etc.) are worth…
British Airways Avios are worth 1.17 cents each
Frontier Bonus Miles are worth 1.02 cents each
Hawaiian Miles are worth 0.81 cents each
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