Tim wrote a post about which transferable points are most valuable for lodging, and his findings have us wondering: Is Citibank the new transferable points currency worth focusing on? (Has Citibank now eclipsed Chase and Bilt?) See: Which transferable credit card points are most valuable for lodging?
Transferring points to hotels. Has Citi eclipsed Chase and Bilt?
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(01:00) – Most hotel transfer opportunities are not very good…
(02:03) – Fixed value opportunities
(03:32) – RRVs (hotel programs with variable value and available as transfer partners)
(04:32) – Better than 1:1 transfers…
(06:47) – Summary of the average top 5 opportunities for transferring points to hotel programs
(08:25) – 90th percentile, cherry-picking the top 5 opportunities for transferring points to hotel programs
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There must have been a glitch last night on the website as hotels were showing at very low redemption rates. I had not explored Preferred Hotels much and thought these were great values. Sadly, I transferred this am before once again checking the website, Hotels showing at 30K per night redemption last night are 150k this AM. Rookie mistake I should not have made. Should have verified this am before transfering Even at 1 to 4 Citi points transfer it is not a value where I am looking to stay.
good discussion. I would also add for Citi points I highly prioritize saving them for AA/EVA as well because those are both 2 very, very valuable programs to me with no other 1:1 partners for either
Nick, meet a unicorn. LHW tends to have the quality of hotels I seek in locations I go to regularly.
I’ve stayed in one and have my eye on a couple others. Quality was really good. I agree that they aren’t always a fit (especially for family travel), but program benefits seemed to be pretty solid in my limited experience.