Comments on: Point creep and point cancellation http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/01/26/point-creep-and-point-cancellation/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: samerwriter http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/01/26/point-creep-and-point-cancellation/comment-page-1/#comment-27338 samerwriter Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:37:30 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/01/26/point-creep-and-point-cancellation/#comment-27338 This especially irks me for airline miles -- I stored a lot of miles up on Alaska Airlines, and it used to be that for 20,000 miles I could almost always get a ticket. Now it's extremely tough to get a 20,000 mile ticket, but conveniently it's very easy to get a 40,000 mile ticket... Not only does "inflation" occur, but of course you also don't earn any interest on those reward points. This especially irks me for airline miles — I stored a lot of miles up on Alaska Airlines, and it used to be that for 20,000 miles I could almost always get a ticket.

Now it’s extremely tough to get a 20,000 mile ticket, but conveniently it’s very easy to get a 40,000 mile ticket…

Not only does “inflation” occur, but of course you also don’t earn any interest on those reward points.

]]> By: D http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/01/26/point-creep-and-point-cancellation/comment-page-1/#comment-27319 D Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:41:51 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2007/01/26/point-creep-and-point-cancellation/#comment-27319 I am with you 100% - Why save up? Take what you have coming. The old - A bird in the hand, is worth 10 in the bush. I am with you 100% – Why save up? Take what you have coming. The old – A bird in the hand, is worth 10 in the bush.

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