Yeah, but World Points requires you to make phone calls to redeem your points, and you are always pretty much boxed in to about a 1.5% maximum reward on your money - and that is only if you play by their most restrictive rules (21-day advance, Saturday night stay, etc.). And unless you are flying an unusual citypair that is extremely expensive, those tickets are already cheap.

If your goal is to get free domestic tickets, why not just get the Fidelity card (1.5% cash) and buy the tickets online at the airline site, earning even more miles, with more flexibility, and earning money on your investment if you don't happen to need plane tickets immediately? (Note: there may be a better rebate card out there, I just happened to find the Fidelity card. It is also issued by MBNA, just like Worldpoints.)

Of course, if you know your goal is to actually travel, you can't beat the SPG Amex.

My question: if you are already boxed in on the value of the ticket, why do they have all of the other restrictions? If I can only have a $400 ticket, why force a Saturday night stay on me, force me to stay in the 48 continental states, or force me to buy 21 days out? If I find a ticket leaving MCI tomorrow, going to Zimbabwe, round-trip in first class, coming back Wednesday, for $400 all in, why can't I have it for 20k or 25k or whatever? There are too many strings with all of these cards - if I was done with the FF game, I'd much rather have 1.5 cents in a Fidelity fund now than a half-promise that I might get 1.5 cents or 1 cent or a half cent or whatever the program promises in free travel sometime down the road.