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Originally Posted by spetch
Incorrect as you can buy merchandise too along with travel, however the merchandise usally doesnt give you the bang for your points.
Also, they don't tell you this and depending on the person you get they might not know right away, but if you find a deal there is a way you can get your ticket including taxes buy using less points then their "schedule".
for example: I can find a round trip flight to vegas for $320 including taxes. For Cgy to Vegas the schedule says it costs 35,000 points + taxes up to $750 bucks. The thing they don't tell you is that you can use 100 points per dollar. So you buy $320 for 32,000 points, which covers your flights AND taxes.
You just have to tell the person you are booking with to do it and they can do it that way. They will try to tell you they can't but they always seem to find a way to do it, whether it be booking one way tickets or talking to a supervisor.
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Interesting, did not know that. Will have to tell my family that uses it, that's why better. Still not crazy on the 1% return rate which isn't cold hard cash, but that is my preference.