WOW.

I hadn't seen that table before. Looks like I'll be referring to it frequently in the future.

Options
 

For those of us who have collected some ebay anything points AND whose Points.com Gold membership has lapsed, what are our best options to cash out?

1. Use them on Ebay for $.01 per point?

2. Exchange them for Hilton HHonor points? -- appears to be outside the domain of Points.com (For those who have used this, is there a minimum or a certain block of points that have to be converted? -- e.g., increments of 100's, 1000's, 10000's, etc.)

3. Pay $9.95 for a one month membership in Points.com Gold and make a one-time transfer?

4. Other?

Note: Asia Miles probably are not a good option for me since I don't have enough points to earn a stand-alone reward.

i use mine on ebay. there are plenty of travel related things there as well as electronic items.

Can I still earn Anything Points?
 

Has anyone recently tried earning points with partners?
I'm trying to order an Entertainment book for 3rd day in a row and am getting a "The system is currently unavailable; please try again later." message before I'm redirected from metarewards to entertainment site. Is this just a temp glitch, or is it related the elimination of the program?

You can still do and receive eBay Anything Points for Priceline reservations.

Have I lost my mind? I am trying to switch my puny points to Hilton and I keep getting an error message that dumps me on the "Ebay discontinuing anything points" page. I've only bought one night on PL so this would be my first attempt to clear them out.

I asked the question above but got no responses. Perhaps there is a minimum number of ebay anything points that have to be exchanged even though it is not explicitly stated.

How many points are you trying to exchange? I assume it is less than or equal to 1500 ebay anything points.

I have 1500 so I was trying to exchange 1000.

Metarewards seem to be gone, so I can't buy Entertainment book thru AnythingPoints. I can't find a lint to Entertainment books on the new MyPoints site either. What's the best remaining way to buy the book now?

I bought a book through goldpoints.com a while ago. I think you can still get credit through their shopping portal.

Do you think we have till Aug. 15 or through Sept. 30 to make Priceline bids? Seems to me it depends what they mean by "offer".

I just spent all my hoarde of 4500 points on ebay. Nice, easy and quick. Direct 1 cent/point conversion. Not worth much time with the bad links to other programs.

MisterNice

Ack, I haven't done anything with my eBay points!

How many eBay points can be switched into AA miles or Asia miles?

Maybe what they could do in its place is a points-based rewards program for anything paid through an eBay credit card or through PayPal if funded from a bank account. In other words, try to move traffic through places where eBay gets a % of sales and doesn't have to pass it on to a third party.

Ebay sellers, for example, have no incentive to do checking-account debits to pay fees vs. putting them on a rewards card. Buyers also don't have a real incentive not to use credit cards on PayPal beyond the "Don't add to debt" bit.

Realistically, though, eBay is likely just to plod along in this area until and unless it has serious head-to-head competition. The "competition" now is indirect and inadequate, and eBay's fees and recent rounds of increases reflect that. Google might pose some challenge to PayPal, but it'll take a company with deep pockets and lots of programming talent to seriously challenge eBay. Microsoft would be nice.

Depends on what you think is the best value - there are at least 6 current offers - see my online shopping comparison table (alphabetically under E).