Originally Posted by
Dadofsix
3) When my daughter (non-Elite) was purchasing points the other day to top off her account for an upcoming redemption, for some reason the rate was $13.40 instead of $11.00 per 1,000. For me (Platinum Elite), it was still $11 per 1,000 and I'm quite certain this was the price for me before I became an Elite member. Now with the 40% bonus promo going on, somehow it's back to $11 per 1,000 for non-Elites (even before hitting the 40% bonus at the 5k points level). We were both a bit puzzled by this, thankfully she held off the other day and didn't purchase at that time and saved a few bucks. I'm not sure if this is another website defect or what else it could be.
I was probably mistaken earlier, I think it was $14.30 (not $13.40) for 1,000 points - so an even worse rate. Because now that the 40% bonus promo is over, that's what the Buy Points points.com interface is stating now for her as a non-Elite. However, the rate per 1,000 actually decreases quite a bit at the 5k point level (it's actually CHEAPER for her to buy 5,000 points than to buy 4,000 points right now) - probably yet another system glitch. If she were to buy 40k-50k points, it's quoting a rate of just under $10 per 1,000 so not exactly much to write home about....especially with the apparent unannounced devaluation recently.