Originally Posted by
lotrbfme
If you do the math correctly still the citi prestige is better.
Let say you spend 10k on airfare. That would be 10k MR or 30K TYP.
30K TYP = $480 for AA/US. For that you can buy any ticket on that price PLUS get AA miles and elite qualifying miles, and even request an upgrade if you have status. (480 you can go mia to sea and get 5,500 miles or if you have status up to 11,000)
10K MR= can transfer to Avios once a year for 14K. Short hauls flights? Have to look very well where to spend and you dont get anything other that transportation.
So yeah you might get 3 or 4 cents per points value on MR BUT.. you only get 1 MR per dollar. On thank you you get 3x TY = 4.8 cents per dollar! And elite qualifying miles and points and miles and upgrades etc etc...
I agree here. This works out in favor of the Prestige, especially for the bonus categories. As an example for MR, BA can redeem a short haul flight (<600 flown miles) for 4,500 Avios + ~$5 in fees. So in your example, the 14,000 Avios would be enough for 3 short haul flights. The redemption is pretty good, but that's the absolute best case for MR... the 40% bonus rarely comes up.