MyPoints best value?
 

After reading the thread discussing MyPoints connection to United, I'm thinking it's best to stop accumulating and start redeeming.

What have you found to be the best $ value ? Most store gift certs seem to be 1400 or 1500 for $10. Is the Hilton Honors a better value??

Yes..I think HH is the best place to redeem your Mypoints..

I agree!

but why do you think it is the best value?

If you buy HH points they are .0125 each. I value them at .01 when doing comparisons with airmiles and things like that. You can redeem as little as 1,000 MyPoints for 1,000 HH which is $10.00 by my valuation. Despite all the complaining about the coming changes with HH there are still lots of great awards that are not being changed and easy methods for earning points.

As nice as HHonors points are, I think the Macy's gift certificates are a really good deal (the best gift certificate deal, I believe, on the site):

2,750 points = $25
5,250 points = $50

I agree with shapscpa. I was also thinking of getting the UA $50(3,750 points) or $75 (5,750 points) discount. I'm not sure if the prices will be the best since you have to call UA reservations to redeem the discount.

Barnes and Noble gift cards are also a good deal. 2750= $25. I just wish they had a $50 card!

I always go for the gift certificates from web certificates.com. That way I can double dip! I shop through any shopping portal and use the money I "earned" through my points. Since it is an online master card, you can use it anywhere. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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nw elite wannabe, HHonors Gold

DO any of these merchants give you money back when you don't spend up to the GC amount?

You can get a $10 gift certificate from Red Lobster/Oliver Garden for only 1250 points. Most of the other $10 certs cost at least 1400 points. The only downside is that you actually have to eat at one of those two restaurants.

With the webcertificate you use it like a master card. You are only charged what you spend and the rest is still available balance. For instance: I recieved a $10 webcertificate from My points, I go back to My Points and shop at Tupperware (earn 800 points) spend $4.32 use my MC (webcertificate) have $ left for next months's shopping at Tupperware. The nice thing about the webcert's through webcertificate.com is they have like a 2 year expiration date adn when you qualify for another it just gets added to your old card. You can choose a real (plastic) card or a web card.
Hope this helps!

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nw elite wannabe, HHonors Gold

I believe you can also use them at Smokey Bones and Bahama Breeze -- as these two restaurants are also owned by Darden -- the same company that owns Red Lobster and Olive Garden.


[This message has been edited by Alysia (edited 12-23-2002).]

Personally I prefer the Marriott Rewards points to HHonors points ... if I need HHonors points I can get them from a number of other places anyway.

I was looking into to this earlier, and the best redemption values seem to be for Macy's, Barnes & Noble, and B Dalton, which all give over 0.9 cents per point (See $50 and $25 redemptions below). The range goes down to about .63 cents per point for some of the others. This list (sorted by $ value, then cents/pt) is not everything, but shows most of the retailers with fixed $ value redemptions.