amex membership rewards addicts

to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

On Feb 17, 4:02*pm, Zemarv wrote:
to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange formembershiprewardsbonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

check the bonus points mall on the amex website

On Feb 17, 4:02*pm, Zemarv wrote:
to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

How much do you think each point is "worth"? Amex has pretty well
acknowledged that it is right around a penny.

On Feb 18, 3:13 pm, me wrote:
On Feb 17, 4:02 pm, Zemarv wrote:

to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

How much do you think each point is "worth"? Amex has pretty well
acknowledged that it is right around a penny.

not when you transfer points to frequent flyer and guest programs it's
not. 3000 amex MR points give you 1000 starpoints, which in turns
saves you 50% on a weekend night at the Sheraton or any starpoint
hotel... average weekend room rate is $350. that's $175 in savings for
only 3000 amex MR points. Get it !

Zemarv wrote:

On Feb 18, 3:13 pm, me wrote:

On Feb 17, 4:02 pm, Zemarv wrote:


to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

How much do you think each point is "worth"? Amex has pretty well
acknowledged that it is right around a penny.


not when you transfer points to frequent flyer and guest programs it's
not. 3000 amex MR points give you 1000 starpoints, which in turns
saves you 50% on a weekend night at the Sheraton or any starpoint
hotel... average weekend room rate is $350. that's $175 in savings for
only 3000 amex MR points. Get it !

I doubt the average weekend rate is $350 at Sheraton and Starpoint

In article ,
"Mr. Travel" wrote:

Zemarv wrote:

On Feb 18, 3:13 pm, me wrote:

On Feb 17, 4:02 pm, Zemarv wrote:


to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

How much do you think each point is "worth"? Amex has pretty well
acknowledged that it is right around a penny.


not when you transfer points to frequent flyer and guest programs it's
not. 3000 amex MR points give you 1000 starpoints, which in turns
saves you 50% on a weekend night at the Sheraton or any starpoint
hotel... average weekend room rate is $350. that's $175 in savings for
only 3000 amex MR points. Get it !

I doubt the average weekend rate is $350 at Sheraton and Starpoint

I don't know if its typical, but I just checked the rates for a weekend
in April for Starwood's W hotel in Chicago and room rates varied between
$220 and $275 for the weekend.

On Feb 25, 7:14*am, Shawn Hirn wrote:
In article ,
*"Mr. Travel" wrote:

Zemarv wrote:

On Feb 18, 3:13 pm, me wrote:

On Feb 17, 4:02 pm, Zemarv wrote:

to all of you out there who are willing to spend the extra dollar or
event change their habits in exchange for membership rewards bonus
points !!
I am becoming a freak about it ... any help here ??

* *How much do you think each point is "worth"? Amex has pretty well
acknowledged that it is right around a penny.

not when you transfer points to frequent flyer and guest programs it's
not. 3000 amex MR points give you 1000 starpoints, which in turns
saves you 50% on a weekend night at the Sheraton or any starpoint
hotel... average weekend room rate is $350. that's $175 in savings for
only 3000 amex MR points. Get it *!

I doubt the average weekend rate is $350 at Sheraton and Starpoint

I don't know if its typical, but I just checked the rates for a weekend
in April for Starwood's W hotel in Chicago and room rates varied between
$220 and $275 for the weekend

It's an accounting thing, but as has been discussed around here
before,
if one wouldn't actually pay/buy a room for $220, then the points
aren't
"worth" $220. The points are "worth" the expenditure they are
replacing,
not the one that would never be made to begin with. In this example,
one would be paying $110 to "save" $110. Or they could
just pay the going local rate. The "savings" is the difference
between
$110 and the local going rate.

me wrote:

It's an accounting thing, but as has been discussed around here
before,
if one wouldn't actually pay/buy a room for $220, then the points
aren't
"worth" $220.

Great, but it was claimed the average weekend rate was $350, at all of
the Sharaton brands, which I find extremely doubtful.

On Feb 25, 7:30 pm, "Mr. Travel" wrote:
me wrote:
It's an accounting thing, but as has been discussed around here
before,
if one wouldn't actually pay/buy a room for $220, then the points
aren't
"worth" $220.

Great, but it was claimed the average weekend rate was $350, at all of
the Sharaton brands, which I find extremely doubtful.

the point was to show the savings you could get and not to comment on
the room rate.

Zemarv wrote:
On Feb 25, 7:30 pm, "Mr. Travel" wrote:

me wrote:

It's an accounting thing, but as has been discussed around here
before,
if one wouldn't actually pay/buy a room for $220, then the points
aren't
"worth" $220.

Great, but it was claimed the average weekend rate was $350, at all of
the Sharaton brands, which I find extremely doubtful.


the point was to show the savings you could get and not to comment on
the room rate.

But, if the statement is that you are saving a specific sum of money on
a rate stated to be the average, then it would seem logical for the
average to actually be the average, rather than a higher number that
would cause you to believe your savings are higher than they actually
are. The quite said it was the average weekend rate.