Originally Posted by
MDtR-Chicago
Knowing the cost of my miles is how I stop myself from making poor financing decisions. But there is definitely a large portion of the FT population who simply don't care about cost, in lost $ or lost time. So be it.
I definitely care about the costs so I try to at least get $0.02 of "value" from my points (vs. what I could book hotels and airfare with online) otherwise I would just use my Fidelity card. When it comes to time I really don't mind spending some time on it since I actually enjoy it (like people that shoot things in video games for no reason other than a score that means nothing at least I get something out of this hobby).