Originally Posted by
irishguy28
One good point about the Etihad Guest programme is that you can convert your miles to cash (at a rate of between 1.4 and 1.6 US cents per mile) onto a Visa Debit card
Offtopic, but thanks for the tip. That is a very cool way to get some value out of miles that you would otherwise bank somewhere and probably never use (eg when flying an airline outside of your regular alliance).