The world is far too depressing to write serious blog posts. Instead, here\u2019s a bit of analysis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have an American Express card for Business Expenses. I use it for all my travel stuff, mostly, plus the occasional piece of software. I\u2019ve bought DiskWarrior, like, four times. Turns out that AmEx has a pretty sweet \u201crewards\u201d program that I never bothered to look into. After six years of brutal travel \u2013 I have a fair number of points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looks like there are three broad ways you can redeem points. After a bit of googling \u2013 here are the values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Stuff. You can redeem your points for stuff, and the redemption value is remarkably consistent at $0.005 per point. I.e: With 100,000 points, I could get $500 worth of stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Store specific gift cards: These appear to be the way to go \u2013 since they redeem at exactly $0.01 per point. You get double value over \u201cstuff,\u201d and (even better) most of the stuff-providing-stores also offer gift cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Amex \u201csame as cash\u201d cards. These drop back down to exactly $0.005 per point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m told that one can play truly insane games by turning points into (for example) frequent flier miles and thence into travel \u2013 but I have no idea how to do that and I don\u2019t want to burn a bunch of time figuring it out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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