Originally Posted by
guv1976
It's pretty clear that if you're going to use points, paying 13,275 + $0 is a better deal than paying 13,250 points + $27.53. Basically, 25 UR points would save you $27.53.
As to whether you should use UR points at all in such a trip depends on whether you anticipate being able to get better value from your points on future redemptions.
Unless you plan to transfer Capital One points to one of Capital One's new airline partners some day, you could just use your Capital One points to pay for this trip.
Besides the $27.53, which is something for sure, I'll also earn miles using UR points through the portal, right? It's a long trip so I could easily blow through all my points and miles for hotels and such. That's why I'm finding it hard to pick and choose because I don't want to blow through them. Is 1.5 a good redemption value?