on May 5, 2026, 9:32:00, in reply to "I’ve become pretty jaded by the CC points game."
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Now that we’re a family of 5, all these CC sites claiming your points are worth 2x their amount seem incredibly disingenuous.
Yes, you can get that value flying first class to Warsaw on LOT or some shit. Or staying at the 4 Seasons Bora Bora, where instead of paying $2K a night you pay $1K in points.
But I just struggle to find value for regular ol’ family travel. Half the hotels on these travel portals seem like they have jacked up rates. And getting value for transfer partners seem like it’s only for first class seats or far flung destinations.
I’m sitting on a mountain of points across CCs because I’m struggling to find good spends to get better than 1:1 value. Previous Message
found their travel portal challenging and their points don't transfer to DL Skymiles. Moved to Amex about three years ago but kept the Chase accounts to avoid taking the hit to my credit score when we were applying for a mortgage in Atlanta. Haven't used them for years. This is a good reminder to cancel those two accounts asap. Previous Message
As best I can guess, it’s excluding the kids from being offered economy plus because they’d need to give us seat assignments.
Which is dumb because American’s own website doesn’t have this restriction. Previous MessagePrevious Message
It’s trying to charge me $250 more for 1 adult and 2 kids than for 3 adults. Previous Message
I think this might be the second best points in miles deal I have ever scored. After four nights at the St Regis in Bora Bora for 300,000 Marriott points.
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