Seems silly to hoard them they don’t earn interest. Like keeping cash

Sep 17, 2024
8:27:36pm

Utefaninenemyland Playmaker

Under the mattress. I have about 35K Chase points, but I just used 100K flying to Heathrow. As soon as I have enough sky miles to pay for airfare I use them. You never know when an airline will change the terms and devalue them.

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Utefaninenemyland

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Messages

Author

Time

How many credit card points do you have on your main credit cards right now?

TCuz Coastal Elite

Sep 17, 7:39pm

I cash out $500 at a time which I transfer directly to my brokerage account

STL

Sep 17, 7:41pm

Not enough. I save mine up for business class tickets to visit my daughter who

Cougar-Duck

Sep 17, 7:42pm

I cash out every month for $100-$120 typically.

OnEMoReTrY

Sep 17, 7:42pm

Hoard for travel. I’ve tagged cc points for experiences instead of just cash

rainorsnow

Sep 17, 7:44pm

2 million. Give or take. 250k with AA, 900k with Amex, and the bulk of the rest

byubyu

Sep 17, 7:44pm

Wow. What are you waiting for? I have like ~400k Chase points and 200k+ AmEx points

TCuz

Sep 17, 7:46pm

The AA ones I churn through pretty good. But I'll use the UR to hopefully book

byubyu

Sep 17, 7:48pm

Just shy of a million on Southwest.

volleyjiver

Sep 17, 7:46pm

375k Amex, 650k chase, 300k southwest, 200k hyatt

cougarfann888

Sep 17, 7:47pm

~800k. Constant earn and burn.

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 7:51pm

0. About once a week I cash out to save towards a golf trip I’m planning.

JohnnyC

Sep 17, 7:54pm

There’s gotta be a better way to use points for a golf trip than cash + HYSA.

TCuz

Sep 17, 7:59pm

You probably right. Something to look into.

JohnnyC

Sep 17, 8:11pm

Figure out where you want to go on your golf trip and then find CCs that have

rainorsnow

Sep 17, 8:21pm

Great advice. Thanks!

JohnnyC

Sep 17, 8:30pm

I hoard them. Which is probably dumb

JuicyJam

Sep 17, 8:06pm

3.3M. Going to Hawaii with the family in December

fredetteaboutit13

Sep 17, 8:14pm

Seems silly to hoard them they don’t earn interest. Like keeping cash

Utefaninenemyland

Sep 17, 8:27pm

Also; what is your mothers maiden name and for kicks the last four digits of SS#

Leishdoggydog

Sep 17, 8:28pm

I just used about half my points for our trip to Ireland.

BlueMark

Sep 17, 8:50pm

1mm on southwest 500k on Marriott and Amex - I use several hundred thousand

Jersey hunter

Sep 17, 8:56pm

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