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Jul 12, 2015 | 5:37 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Spire Amb
Posts: 903
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Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Jul 12, 2015 | 5:39 am
#2
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Spire Amb
Posts: 903
As did I on Friday, but my question is why ...
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Jul 12, 2015 | 6:54 am
#3
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: DTW
Programs: AA LT Gold, MR LT Plat/Titanium
Posts: 905
As did I on Friday, but my question is why ...
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Jul 12, 2015 | 6:55 am
#4
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SAN
Programs: Delta Gold. Hilton Diamond. Hyatt Explorist.
Posts: 1,774
As did I on Friday, but my question is why ...
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chase...e-rewards-722/
The short answer is that transfers to Hyatt, Amtrak, and Airline partners tend to be the most useful, depending on your travel goals. Transferring to IHG would be an awful value.
Jul 12, 2015 | 7:05 am
#5
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 441
As did I on Friday, but my question is why ...
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Jul 12, 2015 | 7:34 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,273
Agreed. Looking at doing UR to IHG for $70 hotel stays in Paris.
Jul 12, 2015 | 5:37 pm
#7
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: MDW
Programs: WN (CP 6x, A+ 2x), Marriott (LT Titanium), Hyatt Explorer, Hertz PC, UA/*A Silver
Posts: 425
As did I on Friday, but my question is why ...
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
Why would I buy these any more ...
My goal is accumulation of IHG points for stays at the IC Thalasso Bora Bora yearly.
I don't tend to use UR for anything else.
So IHG points (UR earned with chase ink plus at staples and then transferred to IHG) are now $.0071 or so. I can buy IHG points all day at $.007 using book/cancel technique.
If I wanted UR for something else, I suppose this is useful still, but what are you using UR for that you think is useful?
If your only goal is IHG, then I agree that these VGCs are probably not worth the hassle when you have an easier technique at the same direct cost, and pretty substantially lower indirect cost (the logistics of buying and liquidating physical cards).
Jul 12, 2015 | 7:16 pm
#8
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: DTW
Programs: AA LT Gold, MR LT Plat/Titanium
Posts: 905
Besides UA and Hyatt we collect UR points with the possibility of transferring them to MR. We have Marriott timeshares and accumulate lots of MR points. Their travel packages are the best use of points. Hotel certificate comes at a discount, you can add miles at a 1:1 transfer ratio. If I needed to transfer the UR points I would mentally tell myself they are for the air portion of the package. Then I have a wider range of airlines to transfer my points to miles. Like AA and Delta.
Jul 12, 2015 | 8:47 pm
#10
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 24,150
Besides UA and Hyatt we collect UR points with the possibility of transferring them to MR. We have Marriott timeshares and accumulate lots of MR points. Their travel packages are the best use of points. Hotel certificate comes at a discount, you can add miles at a 1:1 transfer ratio. If I needed to transfer the UR points I would mentally tell myself they are for the air portion of the package. Then I have a wider range of airlines to transfer my points to miles. Like AA and Delta.
I will get the pts back by getting a travel pkg that will yield me the # of UR pts I transferred to MR, so I end up as if I did a UR to airline transfer but uped my total MR LT total.
Otherwise I would not have moved any UR to MR. Although in a few cases it may workout, but with tons of MR pts I hav eno need to increase it and believe UR to Hyatt or an airline will produce a much better yield on a reg basis