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Oct 29, 2014, 11:27 am

queensgambit

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Join Date: Jul 2014

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Help a newbie out?

Hi all,

First time attempting to book a hotel using rewards (or open to regular discounted rates). Need a night in Amsterdam for a layover, I have 40k UR pts, 100k AA and 20k Amex. Appreciate any input on where I could go to find good rates? So far it's looking like booking with reward pts is bad value (appears to be <1 cent per pt).

Oct 29, 2014, 11:32 am

azimax

Join Date: Feb 2010

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Booking.com has good rates

Oct 29, 2014, 12:03 pm

jake108

Join Date: Aug 2013

Programs: AA Plat,AS MVP Gold, Hilton Gold, Accor Plat, Amtrak(all routes, VIA same, AUS 90%)

Posts: 382

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AA's sliding redemption scale-a combination of miles and $, for me, is preferable. For example, I had a free night at Tokyo Conrad and needed another-I recall using just 20K AA miles plus about $100.

You must move the sliding cursor from side to side to determine the ratio of miles to $. Any combination is possible.

Oct 30, 2014, 7:49 am

farbster

Join Date: Sep 2008

Location: BWI

Posts: 1,782

Also, are you looking by the airport or in Amsterdam itself?

Oct 30, 2014, 10:21 am

howtofreetravel

Used to be 'flymanbeast'

Join Date: Jul 2011

Programs: Delta silver/marriot platinum

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If you do end up booking i would use Expedia plus Bigcrumbs as you get 4.8% Cashback for the hotels offering a discount as well as using a card such as chase sapphire for those 2 miles per dollar and also you get some Expedia miles too.