Originally Posted by
krazykanuck
I'm flying r/t from the US to Asia in biz later this month on EVA, ANA, and back Asiana for 95k MR points. You can't do that with UR transfer partners. You just can't. You find the Gold card to be a hassle, I find it to be a Gold Mine of MR points. To each their own... and I say that as somebody with as many Chase cards as Amex cards
I think the best value I got from an Amex was on my plat under the old IAP program. I wanted to get four passengers roundtrip from the US to Asia in J. It was high season and my dates were constrained, so the lowest roundtrip tickets were in the range of $16k total for restricted, non-refundable tickets. The IAP got me the 4 tickets for $10k, and fully flexible and refundable at that. Nothing in the Chase family can come close, I would happily trade 48000 points for $6000 in my pocket, any day of the week.