and moved 5,000 Membership Rewards points to Best Western for future transfer to US. I have to admit, it hurt, since I consider it a $50 hit. But it will be hit #36, assuming that my back-to-back Starwood nights transfer separately, I get to the W for dinner on October 19, 26 and November 2, and that they all credit successfully. And that I get four more Hertz hits. And that I get no "foul balls (hits that don't credit)" with my existing hits...
You see where I am going but, in theory, this should be my most expensive hit left. But it's going to get ugly at the end, since I'm planning on doing #37 if I don't have 36 in time. Better safe than sorry, unlike last year, when two hits went foul and I ended up with 35 hits. Ouch.
You get 1000 miles for this BW transfer. If you value the 1000 miles at $15, does that lower the cost of this hit to $35?
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ReplyDeleteI tend to add the miles in at the end rather than subtract them from the cost. So, for instance, if BW were the only transfer that gave me miles and the only one that cost money, I would say that I got 101,000 miles for $50 instead of 100,000 miles for $35. I have heard cogent arguments for doing it either way, although I take the more conservative route.