Originally Posted by
flydeu
I recently looked at the MR catalogue and worked out that for most points the exchange range is around 0.3%, which seems to me rather poor. Therefore can anyone recommend good programmes I could use to get a better exchange rate? I live in the Benelux countries so perhaps the offers are slightly different.
I have to confess to being a little annoyed at the value, as in the past it was always around 0.7%, sometimes as much as 1% or if you swapped to Hilton as much as 2%.
could you clarify exactly what kinds of points redmeptions you are looking at to calculate the value? Merchandise (ipods, TVs etc), gift cards, airline/ hotel frequent flyer programs?
Its widely accepted (in these parts, at least) that it is not usually the best value to redeem your points against catalogue merchandise items and instead it is almost always better value to transfer your points to frequent flyer/ guest program to redeem these for flights/ upgrades etc...
The value (depending on the airlines and the type of redmeption you do) can be far greater if you do some research into the best Airline carrier programs in your country....