Originally Posted by
ffgap
I find cash and redemption rates correlate much more strongly than they did as little as two years ago. I frankly do not think there is much to be gained from trying to do exact maths.
The correlation is down to the introduction of dynamic pricing which happened a couple of years ago so there are fewer opportunities to gain outside value above the current penny or cent value.
I do agree with you and others there is little to be gained in trying to do the maths to several decimal places.
Do you include possible CC forex and other fees for example? The lost points you would have earned if you’d made a cash rather than a points booking. How do you value the ‘free’ points from various bonus offers and so on and so forth.