Google Wallet no longer allows GC...
Aug 11, 2017, 1:22 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 129
Even then it's beneficial if you get enough value from points. It's not uncommon to book a flight in F that would cost $10k or more for 100k points or less. Say you're getting double points buying the GC, you would need $50k in GC. With a $5 fee per card and 2.9% you would get the flight for under $2k. You're not flying for free, but you're saving 80%+, and that's assuming you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve.
Aug 11, 2017, 7:33 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
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Yet none of us would ever pay $10k for the F seat. The true value of the seat is more like 3x the cost of an economy seat so these days you get more like 30% off the true value of the ticket when you factor in your costs IMHO.
Even then it's beneficial if you get enough value from points. It's not uncommon to book a flight in F that would cost $10k or more for 100k points or less. Say you're getting double points buying the GC, you would need $50k in GC. With a $5 fee per card and 2.9% you would get the flight for under $2k. You're not flying for free, but you're saving 80%+, and that's assuming you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve.
Aug 11, 2017, 8:40 am
#18
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
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Even then it's beneficial if you get enough value from points. It's not uncommon to book a flight in F that would cost $10k or more for 100k points or less. Say you're getting double points buying the GC, you would need $50k in GC. With a $5 fee per card and 2.9% you would get the flight for under $2k. You're not flying for free, but you're saving 80%+, and that's assuming you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve.
Aug 11, 2017, 12:08 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 2
Wow
Even then it's beneficial if you get enough value from points. It's not uncommon to book a flight in F that would cost $10k or more for 100k points or less. Say you're getting double points buying the GC, you would need $50k in GC. With a $5 fee per card and 2.9% you would get the flight for under $2k. You're not flying for free, but you're saving 80%+, and that's assuming you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve.
Oct 11, 2017, 2:53 pm
#22
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Houston
Programs: DL Platinum, UA Silver
Posts: 37
Even then it's beneficial if you get enough value from points. It's not uncommon to book a flight in F that would cost $10k or more for 100k points or less. Say you're getting double points buying the GC, you would need $50k in GC. With a $5 fee per card and 2.9% you would get the flight for under $2k. You're not flying for free, but you're saving 80%+, and that's assuming you don't have any other tricks up your sleeve.
Oct 11, 2017, 2:55 pm
#23
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Oct 11, 2017, 3:28 pm
#24
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Houston
Programs: DL Platinum, UA Silver
Posts: 37
Oct 12, 2017, 2:14 pm
#25
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SFO/SEA
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I haven't seen the insufficient funds message but I keep getting "Transaction declined." Guessing it's the same thing. Oddly enough, I kept trying over the past few days and one of my VGCs went through, although it's still showing as pending for the recipient (and Vanilla website still shows full $500 balance).
Oct 12, 2017, 2:34 pm
#26
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
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I haven't seen the insufficient funds message but I keep getting "Transaction declined." Guessing it's the same thing. Oddly enough, I kept trying over the past few days and one of my VGCs went through, although it's still showing as pending for the recipient (and Vanilla website still shows full $500 balance).
Oct 12, 2017, 4:53 pm
#27
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