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Old Dec 6, 2019 | 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by richarddd
Am I reading correctly, that I can book travel directly (not through a portal) and Real-Time Mobile Rewards lets me pay at 1.5 cents/point, but I need enough points for the entire purchase (rather than part cash and part points)? In other words, if I want to pay $4,500 for airline tickets, I'd need 300,000 points, which means $100,0000 spending on travel and mobile payments?
You understand correctly. However, since it is a flat $0.015 your best bet is to take any real time redemption the second it is available. I end up using most of my points on Uber.
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