Originally Posted by
sam007
well the 1.47 above is really 1.5 since sapphire reserve gets you 50% extra on booking travel through their website. I'm going by what the bloggers put out 2.2 vs 1.4 because I know CHase UR can be used for so many more things which Aadvantange cannot be so sort of looking at future opportunity cost too.
$7,000 worth of travel (or I should say $7,125 to be more accurate) costs 700K UR originally. With the 50% bonus, it is 475K. So your original prices has already reflected the 50% bonus.
The $0.022 in valuation is based on mileage transfer from UR to an airline program. And then the converted miles were used to book high valued tickets. There is nothing special when you book your travel with the UR portal.
Originally Posted by
sam007
How are you calculating that Option 1 is the much better deal
With Option 1, the average cost per direction is ~$3,500. With Option 2, the cost is $5,000 already. One-way ticket with international travel is not advised unless necessary.