E-rewards [Master Thread]
Nov 19, 2015, 12:20 pm
#1936
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: Caesars-Diamond Hilton-Diamond IHG-Plat MGM-Gold Wyndham-Diamond Hertz-PresCircle National-Exec
Posts: 658
So I have a big question to ask everyone, I have about $400 e-reward dollars. What would be the best offer that I should redeem my dollars for? I want to redeem it towards hotels or airfare or car rental. But I wanna get the most out of the points that I transfer to. What do you guys transfer your rewards to?
But, FYI, I use my eRewards for Hilton, Hertz, and whichever airline account I want to top off. To me there's no big difference in value in redeeming for one vs the other/s. I just redeem for whatever I need/want most at the time.
Nov 19, 2015, 12:46 pm
#1937
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
The best hotel deals are probably IHG or Accor depending on your stay patterns because you can redeem an unlimited number of times a year and they've posted as elite-qualifying points. You'd get 16K IHG points and gold status for $400 e-Rewards or 6625 Accor points (value a little more than 120 euros) and silver status in that program.
If you can play the Avios game in a way that wasn't whacked too much by the recent devaluations, Iberia Avios are pretty good and aren't geography-locked like the Avios Avios option are. For US travel, Southwest is pretty decent. I don't know enough about Jet Blue to say if that one is a good value.
If you can play the Avios game in a way that wasn't whacked too much by the recent devaluations, Iberia Avios are pretty good and aren't geography-locked like the Avios Avios option are. For US travel, Southwest is pretty decent. I don't know enough about Jet Blue to say if that one is a good value.
Nov 20, 2015, 2:38 pm
#1938
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 762
The best hotel deals are probably IHG or Accor depending on your stay patterns because you can redeem an unlimited number of times a year and they've posted as elite-qualifying points. You'd get 16K IHG points and gold status for $400 e-Rewards or 6625 Accor points (value a little more than 120 euros) and silver status in that program.
If you can play the Avios game in a way that wasn't whacked too much by the recent devaluations, Iberia Avios are pretty good and aren't geography-locked like the Avios Avios option are. For US travel, Southwest is pretty decent. I don't know enough about Jet Blue to say if that one is a good value.
If you can play the Avios game in a way that wasn't whacked too much by the recent devaluations, Iberia Avios are pretty good and aren't geography-locked like the Avios Avios option are. For US travel, Southwest is pretty decent. I don't know enough about Jet Blue to say if that one is a good value.
I wish they would offer Avios for the US, they only offer American airlines aadvantage miles. Which I am a member of, but I don't like the fact that I can only redeem every 30 days.
Nov 20, 2015, 6:43 pm
#1939
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
If you got into e-Rewards via a non-airline program, the BA Avios should show up as an additional redemption option (I got in via Delta, and got all the USA options when Delta ended participation) .
But if you've got a way of merging your Avios accounts and are a heavy survey person, you can get 3000 Iberia Avios every 30 days (largest redemption option there) compared to only 1000 BA Avios per 30 days.
Or fi you're really clipping along with the surveys and have all the USA redemption options, you could do one of each and get 4K Avios a month.
But if you've got a way of merging your Avios accounts and are a heavy survey person, you can get 3000 Iberia Avios every 30 days (largest redemption option there) compared to only 1000 BA Avios per 30 days.
Or fi you're really clipping along with the surveys and have all the USA redemption options, you could do one of each and get 4K Avios a month.
Nov 21, 2015, 9:19 am
#1940
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 865
Nov 21, 2015, 9:21 am
#1941
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 865
You're lucky! I can only redeem for a given program every 90 days! At least 2 of my airlines are options. Worse for my wife...she's only got one meaningful redemption, and so she can't get all her miles out.
Nov 21, 2015, 9:26 am
#1942
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 865
So I have a big question to ask everyone, I have about $400 e-reward dollars. What would be the best offer that I should redeem my dollars for? I want to redeem it towards hotels or airfare or car rental. But I wanna get the most out of the points that I transfer to. What do you guys transfer your rewards to?
I guess these days the programs are less generous and more financially stable, though...only wish you the best and many more years of earnings of course. But I keep 'em moving out to their final destination.
FTF
Nov 21, 2015, 9:37 am
#1943
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
I an holding out for the first of the year for IHG because e-Rewards does seem stable and I've already made what status I could for 2015, so might as well have the next batch of elite points, if it's still st up that way, credit for qualification for the following calendar year. It's really the only rewards program I let a balance build up because of that timing issue.
Nov 21, 2015, 3:15 pm
#1944
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
I an holding out for the first of the year for IHG because e-Rewards does seem stable and I've already made what status I could for 2015, so might as well have the next batch of elite points, if it's still st up that way, credit for qualification for the following calendar year. It's really the only rewards program I let a balance build up because of that timing issue.
Nov 21, 2015, 3:42 pm
#1945
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
I'm planning as much since I've never really felt like there was a guarantee the e-Rewards elite loophole would last and have been pleasantly surprised it's worked this long.
Nov 21, 2015, 6:13 pm
#1946
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,535
Had you been invited by IHG, you would see IHG as the only hotel partner, but see all the partner airlines affiliated with the program, including BA and Iberia