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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 2:53 am
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sthubbar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by ANC RED-EYE
SPG: 80,000 SPG points costing $1440 in fees - those points cost you 1.8 cents each...
Chase: 53,500 points for free; even if the chase points aren't as valuable, I doubt the SPG points are worth enough to offset the fee.
Thanks for the response. I calculate it a little different.

53,500 points = $535 so I look to solve the following

80,000 SPG pts * $/SPG pts - $1440 > $535

If I value SPG pts at $0.025 or greater than the SPG points are better. I read on here that many people value SPG pts at $0.05 or greater. If they are valued at $0.05 than:

80,000 * $0.05 - $1440 = $2560 additional value over Chase

Do you agree?
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