My Last Miles Redemption is an Example Why I Prefer to Earn Cash, not Miles
Earlier this week, I pointed out that I was able to use Delta SkyMiles to book a trip from NYC to TLV for only 70,000 points round-trip per person.
If you have followed my blog for a while you may know that I highly prefer to earn cashback over points with my credit cards. You won't see me whip out my Starwoods credit card for everyday purchases (I actually don't even have a Starwoods - I know, the pain!).
I will use my latest redemption as a real life example.
Let's assume I would have booked the same flight with cash as I would have for miles. It's not true since I would have booked a more convenient direct flight since it was basically the same price as one with a stopover but let's gloss over that for a moment (even though that's one of my reasons for disliking miles).
Had I not had miles to burn I would have used cash which would have cost about $900.
My flight cost me 70,000 miles + fees. Let's do some math.
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If you have followed my blog for a while you may know that I highly prefer to earn cashback over points with my credit cards. You won't see me whip out my Starwoods credit card for everyday purchases (I actually don't even have a Starwoods - I know, the pain!).
I will use my latest redemption as a real life example.
Let's assume I would have booked the same flight with cash as I would have for miles. It's not true since I would have booked a more convenient direct flight since it was basically the same price as one with a stopover but let's gloss over that for a moment (even though that's one of my reasons for disliking miles).
Had I not had miles to burn I would have used cash which would have cost about $900.
My flight cost me 70,000 miles + fees. Let's do some math.
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