Points.com, anyone use them? VX recommends them
Jan 26, 2011 | 2:21 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: A Brit living in Los Angeles, California
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Points.com, anyone use them? VX recommends them
Just got an email from VX to join. For anyone not familiar, you can exchange your miles, points or rewards from one program to another. After a quick browse of their site looks like they don't have every airline. Any users? Thoughts?
Last edited by tagv12; Jan 26, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Jan 26, 2011 | 10:03 pm
#2
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami, FL, USA
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You can find around 1,000 posts on this message board about points.com. None of them are positive.
Jan 27, 2011 | 9:19 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami, FL, USA
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When you search for something with a space or punctuation in it, you have to surround it by double quotes. Searching for "points.com" pulls up 493 threads, all of which specifically talk about points.com.
It's a very common topic of discussion here. Suffice it to say that the value you get from your miles is a fraction of what you can get by doing other things.
It's a very common topic of discussion here. Suffice it to say that the value you get from your miles is a fraction of what you can get by doing other things.
Jan 27, 2011 | 9:28 pm
#6
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: MHT/BOS <--> World
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Points.com (unlike selling points on say craigslist or ebay), is endorsed by the airlines.
Points.com - in most cases - provides a VERY poor valu to the consumer.
When exchange from currency A to currency B using points.com, you usually loose 70%-90% of the value.
Points.com - in most cases - provides a VERY poor valu to the consumer.
When exchange from currency A to currency B using points.com, you usually loose 70%-90% of the value.