What is your UR Balance and what are you saving for?
Feb 21, 2018, 9:24 pm
#61
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Feb 24, 2018, 3:17 am
#62
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 332
Being new to this part of my problem is spending as soon as I get them. Just made it up to 21000+ points but about to use them on a rental car. Even though this may not be the best choice it's better than the 60k AMEX points that I was going to use...
Feb 24, 2018, 7:36 am
#63
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
What is the rush? Better to put the points into the best use, like Hyatt and airline, even the Chase 1.5x travel spending if you get the CSR.
Feb 24, 2018, 8:01 am
#64
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: PHX
Programs: HHonors Lifetime Diamond, UA Million Miler Gold, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,142
21,000 is getting pretty close to 25,000 which transferred to United is a saver economy ticket. Seems more valuable than a car rental but not sure I have enough details
Feb 24, 2018, 5:48 pm
#66
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,789
Personally I'm not in this game trying to spend zero cash. I'm in this game to travel further and better than I can solely using cash, and that means generally using my points for nice hotels and biz/first class award tickets that I normally wouldn't choose to or be able to afford.
Feb 25, 2018, 6:25 pm
#67
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 7
Can you let us know how you accumulate 1.7 MM UR points? If you earn 2 points/$, it is $850,000 spending. If you earn 5 points/$, it is still $340,000 spending. You only accumulate that if you run a lot of business spending. Even it is hard for MS to do it. Chase has cracked down on MS to earn UR points....