gloreglabert

Yup, bet the spend requirement is based on existing card spend.

StevenH123

I think it is. Most of my spend was more than 6 months ago. Only $1k-$2k in the last 6 months and I was offered 3,500 for $750 spend.

StevenH123

I fished for a retention offer again today and was offered nothing. I opted to use 3,500 pts to pay the annual fee. As an FYI, I was told that it can take 6-8 weeks for the $49 credit to post.

Bago'peanuts

That has been my experience. The first time I used points for the fee, the credit still hadn't posted after 4 months and I had to call. Subsequently I have received the credit but it has taken 1-2 months.

neophyte

Any reasons to maintain Platinum package after the demise of 50% FPs bonus ?

Bonus is gone for Cash+ too, so what's remaining? Only AF for 3500 FPs

Time to move down to Gold...

aeneas3

I really need to find a $400ish flight to spend my points on. I think I am for fee in November.

FlyingBoat

I thought Platinum personal still gets .25 pt credit. Branch person told me this today as well for confirmation. No bonus on Business Platinum.

zs58

Has anyone else had problems completing a flight booking using flex points? After selecting flights and hitting continue, I get a page not found error. Two days in a row, multiple browsers. Anyone else?

StevenH123

I booked one 4 days ago. I think there is a number you can call to book over the phone but I don't know it. Maybe search this thread or call the award center - they're quite nice.

PhillyInvestor

I got a letter a few weeks ago saying the bonus was going away entirely for personal Platinum holders. This was also disclosed in a recent statement. The website still shows the bonus for biz Platinum.

StevenH123

It only took 2 business days to post. Not sure why they told me 6-8 weeks.

mile ho

Just noticed that the rewards site has a crawler on it. Guess what? Enhancements are coming to the reward site!! Reward site will be unavailable from Oct 1 - Oct 6. It also said, 'redeem now!'

Enhancements are very rarely good. I'm planning on taking their advice and emptying my acct of points before these new and 'most wonderful' new enhancements.

gloreglabert

I'm hoping that's a side of effect of the discontinuation of Travelocity's backend and that they're switching to something that's not quite as crap. Simple devaluations rarely require multi-day downtime.

MDtR-Chicago

Is there a US Bank Retentions thread?

Just called on a FlexPerks card from the Olympics promo. Have actually been using it consistently for about $400/month. No offers. This was my second call. However, I was able to convert to the Cash+ card with the unusual rotating category bonuses. Had been wanting to pick up that card but the signup bonus is never high enough. Also did not want to completely close out this account since the CL is so high.

So I'd consider that a win.

FlyingBoat

What? You said back in post 667 that the bonus was gone from the Platinum Bus web site as well. Now you are saying it is back? Reps have told me as well that there is no Bus Plat bonus anymore.

What I have been told is the Pers Plat will continue at .25 bonus instead of the .5 .

This is a very confused company, however, so it could be anything. I may find out when the pers account closes in a couple of days if I get the .25 or not.

I would still like to get 2.25 pts for bonus category spending.

Doing some more searching on hotels, it looks like they go up to 1.5x in tiers as well.

A very nice deal is a stay at all inclusive Riu Guanacaste, Costa Rica for a little under $199/night which is 40K flexperks. Jump to November when it is $201 night, and it is 50K flexperks.

It costs me about $124 in VR fees to gather 40K flexperks at 2.25 pts/dollar. So hotels are not a bad redemption either. Sure, that is worth up to an $800 flight but it also looks to be worth up to a $600 hotel.

From running a few searches, it looks like tiers for hotels jump at 1.5x the points. Just like the flights, you want to be at the high end of the tier.

10K up to $150
20K $150 up to < $300
30K $300 to < $450
40K $450 to < $600
50K $600 to < $750
70K $750 to < $10500
100K $10500 to < $1500

Similar to flights as well, a good way to do this, is to find a great rate at a resort using something like travelocity's flexible rate calendar, then plan the # of nights to get to the top tier.

I am hoping "enhancements" people are talking about here aren't a serious devaluation of these points.