Originally Posted by deckman
Rember, hotels usually award more than one point for every dollar spent. So transferring miles over are a fraction of a dollar. My opinion is the best place for airline miles is with the airline.
Bingo...put 100,000 miles from UA to HH and get the same number back...now say you have 100,00 HH honors and move them to UA..MUCH less then a 1:1...HH points are worth far less tha UAMP, so you lose on this "1:1"
If you like 1:1, I will give you a 1:1 ratio on your US dollars to HKG dollars too.
Conversion at a 1:1 rate is only good if the item you are getting is worth at least the value of what you give up, and in this case, they are not.