Originally Posted by
747FC
Just looked at booking an intra-Japan flight in business on JL. For the same flight, the MR site was $50 more per ticket. Given that my UR points are redeemed at the 1.5 rate, UR is a big savings here. Is this typical, or just time/date/carrier dependent? Thanks!
Thank you for the alert. For some people, MR can be redeemed at 1.5 (Biz Plat) or even 2.0 (Centurion) while they can only get 1.0 from UR (no CSR or CSP or Ink Pref).
In addition to being time/date/carrier dependent, it’s probably even more dependent on card assortment holdings.
Originally Posted by
jags86
If your plan is to book flights via the Chase Travel Portal or AMEX Travel and redeem points, Chase will always come out ahead - except for the case where you have a Business Centurion Card….
Is that accurate? If one does not have a CSR or CSP or Ink Pref and thus booking via Chase portal will be at 1.0, would not a Biz Plat (35% rebate, ~1.5) or a Biz Gold (25% rebate, ~1.33) cardholder come out ahead by booking through the AmEx portal?
Originally Posted by
jags86
… That said, the best value for MR is almost always via transferring to a partner airline and booking via airline rewards. Of course flexibility great decreases when you go that route.
Sometimes the best value for some people is redeeming MR at 1.33 or 1.5 or 2.0, particularly for Delta where some awards require a bajillion
Skypesos SkyMiles.