This is a bit of a segway from your post today on how to get to Hawaii because I am more interested

British Airways has a loyalty program with a lot of high value awards available to Americans. One of my favorites is that for only 25,000 Avios + $5 roundtrip, you can book direct hot rod power tour map flights from the west coast to Hawaii on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights.
The Arrival World MasterCard comes with a 40,000 mile sign up bonus after spending $1k on the card in the first 90 days. Arrival miles can be redeemed for literally any flight on any airline with no blackout hot rod power tour map dates (in addition to any hotel or car rental) at a rate of 1 cent per Arrival mile.
But cardholders receive a 10% rebate on the miles used for each travel redemption, so on that 40k mile redemption, you d get 4k Arrival miles back in your account, for a net outlay of 36k Arrival miles for a $400 ticket. This is why I value Arrival miles at 1.11 cents each.
Furthermore, since you buy the ticket with your  Arrival World MasterCard (and then go online to redeem miles to remove the charge), the airline treats the flights like paid tickets, which means you earn miles and status on the flights. On a roundtrip from Los Angeles hot rod power tour map to Honolulu, this would be about 5,100 redeemable and status miles, which combined would be worth well over $100 to me.
Arrival miles are so cash-like they have a fixed value and can be used on any flight, hotel, car rental, hot rod power tour map and more that I analyze whether to use them exactly the same as I analyze whether to use miles or whether to use cash to buy a flight.
Taxes and Fees Associated with an Award Booking: Include all taxes, award booking fees (US Airways), phone ticketing fees, close in ticketing fees, and any other fees. Basically the total amount the airline is trying hot rod power tour map to charge your credit card.
Miles Foregone by Not Purchasing Ticket- Use the Great Circle Mapper to calculate hot rod power tour map how many miles the trip would earn in coach if you paid the fare. Add in any mileage earning bonus you would receive hot rod power tour map if you have status on the airlines you are flying. hot rod power tour map Use the miles earned in coach even if your award is booked in first class unless you would have paid for a first class seat in cash if you had not used miles.
MileValue used to have a calculator, so you could plug in these four values and figure out how many cents per mile your award was netting. I had to disable it for bandwidth reasons, but the calculation is simple:
I value Avios at 1.7 cents each, so the conclusion is obvious (though surprising.) When ticket prices are this cheap to Hawaii from the west coast, even 25,000 Avios is not a good deal for the award!
The method I just used to figure out whether to use airline miles or Arrival miles to book flights works for any flights to any destination. If you get the four variables right and your calculator gets the arithmetic right, you ll make the right decision between airline miles and Arrival miles according to your own valuations 100% of the time.
Additionally, hot rod power tour map it s one of the three best cards for everyday spending, since every purchase earns 2 Arrival miles per dollar, which is like getting 2.22% back toward travel on all purchases. This is why I named it one of the Three Cards Big Spenders Should hot rod power tour map Use .
The card also comes with a free year of TripIt Pro, a $49 value. I ve been experimenting with TripIt hot rod power tour map Pro, and so far I m impressed with how it puts all my upcoming trips in one place, and simplifies things.
I would like to get the Arrival credit card, for all of the reasons you listed above, but am loathe to apply for it based on a recent credit card application. Last month I applied for the Barclaycard US Airways Div Miles credit card, and was rejected because they said I am not using my Miles More and Williams Sonoma credit cards (both are Barclay cards as well). They told me to use both of those and then re-apply for the US Airways card in a year. I used them both during the first few months to get the big bonus, but then reverted hot rod power tour map to my SPG AmEx and Chase Sapphire Preferred. hot rod power tour map Does this sound like the only way for me to get back in Barclay s good graces? I have started to use the Miles More for all my supermarket charges and movie tickets, since they have the big bonus this quarter, but I really think the Williams Somoma card is a waste ($50 credit for every 2500 dollars spent.) Scott, any advice is most appreciated.
I m pretty sure the banks aren t in the business of giving stuff away with no ROI. I bet Scott does not carry a Williams Sonoma card. (though I have no idea ) Every store wants to give me a credit card for some little carrot . Barclays bank has let you know that if you aren t really an awesome customer then they don t want your business so now you choose. They do not exist to give away freebies.
If would cancel the cards you re not using. I have been spending more on my US Airways and Miles More cards each month in preparation to apply for the Arrival card or Frontier card. I am trying to be a more profitable customer for Barclaycard.
No, the larger the number hot rod power tour map of miles foregone, the less value your redemption has. In the formula, the numerator quantifies what you re getting out of the redemption, and you want that number to be as large as possible. The denominator, on the other hand, describes what you re losing. A big denominator means your redemption isn t as valuable, and the miles foregone are part of that.
Scott on a semi related note, what are the best miles to get from Hawaii to the east coast? I have a free one way there in November and am trying to figure out how to get back. AA has tickets for 17500 off peak but I am wondering hot rod power tour map if there is a better option that saves my AA miles for international travel. Thanks.
hot rod power tour map This is a bit of a segway hot rod power tour map from your post today on how to get to Hawaii because I am more interested in the details of the Barclay Arrival World Mastercard. Having recently applied for the Arrival World Mastercard through the MileValue website, I m wondering if anyone reading the blog has had experience using the card to redeem hot rod power tour map for incidental travel charges such as museums, city visitor cards, e.g. IAmsterdam , hotel meals, commuter train tickets in Europe?
Scott, Hello..I have a question for you. I’ve been searching in the November and December time frame for flights from LAX to LIH as well as OGG. On AA web site there is a lot of availability for milesaver flights for several dates in those months but then when I log in to BA to search those same dates it doesn’t bring up any availability. Has something changed with the ability hot rod power tour map to book AA flights using British Avios? Thanks.
I just booked two Alsaka Airlines tickets hot rod power tour map for round trip for SJC-OGG using my BA Avios pts by calling BA at 1-800-247-9297 (7 AM EST to 1 AM EST). Rep was very nice she didnt even mentioned about any 25$ fee charge. So in total 50000 pts + 10$ fee.. sweet deal
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