Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia e haʻalele i kaʻu kāleka Gold SkyMiles American Express i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai au no ka uku makahiki. Ua piʻi aʻe i $95.
ʻO ke kumu nui aʻu e makemake ai i waho ʻo ia nā mile aʻu e loaʻa ai ma Delta me kēlā kāleka e nalowale ana ka waiwai. Ua hoʻopaʻa wale ka hoʻonui kālā i ka ʻaelike. E nānā pono ana au i kaʻu Citi / AAdvantage Mastercard, e loaʻa ana nā mile ma ʻAmelika.
ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu he pono nā kāleka pili mokulele.
ʻO kekahi pilikia ke hoʻonui nei nā mokulele i nā uku a lākou e uku ai no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mile no nā tiketi. Hiki ke kūʻai koke ʻia kahi tiketi makana i loaʻa ma ka uku nominal $100 a ʻoi aku paha. No laila, uku nā mea kūʻai aku i ka uku $95 i American Express no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mile, a laila uku i ka mokulele e kūʻai hou iā lākou.
I kēia manawa, ke hōʻemi nei nā mokulele i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā noho makana a hoʻāʻo e hoʻohuli i nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi hoʻonohonoho "uku me nā mile" me ka uku hoʻololi lousy o 1 keneta no ka mile. A ua manaʻo nui ʻia e hoʻonui ʻia ka helu kumu no kahi tikiki makana - maʻamau 25,000 mau mile no kahi tikiki kūloko - e hoʻonui ʻia ma ka papa.
ʻAʻole ʻo wau wale nō ka manaʻo e pili ana i kēia. Manaʻo ʻo Tim Winship o SmarterTravel.com e hōʻino ana nā mokulele i kā lākou papahana lele pinepine, a kākau ʻo ia e hiki iā ia ke hoʻolei i kāna mau kāleka pili mokulele.
He aha ka hana? Ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻololi au i kahi kāleka American Express Blue Cash, ma muli o ka ʻōlelo aʻo a George Hobica o airfarewatchdog.com, a i ʻole kahi kāleka American Express Preferred Rewards, ma ka ʻōlelo aʻo a koʻu kaikoʻeke, ʻo Ed. (He kanaka nui ʻo ia. Hana kekahi i kāna ʻōlelo.)
Hoʻihoʻi ke kāleka Blue Cash i nā uku kālā e ʻokoʻa, e pili ana i ka mea āu e kūʻai ai a me ka nui āu e hoʻolilo ai. A ʻoiaʻiʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i kēlā kālā ma nā tiketi mokulele. (ʻAʻole like me ka lele ʻana ma kahi palapala hōʻaiʻē, loaʻa i kēlā mau mokulele nā mile.)
Loaʻa i ke kāleka ʻo Preferred Rewards nā helu i hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i mau mile ma nā mokulele mokulele a i ʻole nā helu ma nā papahana ʻoiaʻiʻo hotel. Kaʻana like ia i kekahi o nā drawbacks o kahi kāleka pili, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi.
E aʻo wau i luna. Inā makemake ʻoe e hana like, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Hobica i kekahi mau ʻike pono loa e pili ana i nā kāleka hoʻihoʻi kālā, me kahi pakuhi e waiho ana i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā kāleka mile vs.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The main reason I want out is that the miles I earn on Delta with that card are losing value.
- If you want to do the same, Hobica has posted some very useful information about cash-back cards, with a chart laying out the benefits of a miles cards vs.
- So the customers pays the $95 fee to American Express to earn the miles, and then pays the airline to redeem them.
