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Old Aug 27, 2016, 10:54 am
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penner42
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Originally Posted by highops
Yep. I had 150,000 or so from a sign in bonus.

I moved some to Plenti points at 1 MR is 1.5 plenti is 1.5 cents since there is a Rite Aid on the corner.

I moved some to BA in case I need to fly to an East Coast city on short notice. I think it is 1 MR = 1.2 BA right now.

Unbelievably I found a round trip DTW to SAN for 20,000 Skymiles.

I also topped off my wife for a Delta redemption and my daughter for a Hilton redemption.

I keep telling myself I should investigate more carriers' plans. But, when pay fee/cancel time comes I'll probably move the points to Delta.
Well, I'm likely going to switch to an Amex Everyday. Keep my points, can still transfer them, no annual fee. Hoping for a $200 statement credit retention offer on my Platinum, bringing the annual fee effectively down to $50. I like the Centurion lounges enough to pay $50 for another year.

Plenti is an interesting option. Can pay my AT&T/DirecTV bill that way, and 1.5c is a good value. Of course, then I miss out on 5x from my Ink.
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