You wouldn’t put your entire 401(k) in one stock. Why are you doing it with your credit card points?
Nick Ewen, editor-in-chief of The Points Guy, emphasizes the importance of diversifying credit card points to maximize their value. He compares managing points to investment strategies, warning against concentrating all points in one loyalty program. Ewen advises starting with flexible points currencies to maintain options and avoid being locked into a single airline or hotel program.
- ▪Using credit card points for low-value items can destroy their worth.
- ▪Diversification in loyalty programs protects against devaluation and loss of purchasing power.
- ▪Flexible points currencies allow for better redemption options across multiple partners.
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When Nick Ewen, editor-in-chief of The Points Guy—a publication which exists entirely on the premise of how to best consume one’s credit card points and miles—found out a friend had just redeemed his Amex Membership Rewards points for a vacuum on Amazon, he had the reaction any points obsessive would.Recommended Video “I was like, you can’t do that,” Ewen told Fortune. Not because Amex points can’t be used on Amazon (they can) but because using them that way destroys their value. Transferred to the right airline partner, those same points could have covered a round-trip flight. Instead, they bought an appliance at a redemption rate that valued each point at less than a cent.
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