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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Thanks for that. Do you have to book with a certain travel service/agent, can you book with Expedia, kayak or even with the airlines directly?
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You can book with anyone. When you make a travel related purchase (flights, hotels, etc. - even things like taxis show up), you simply go to the travel redemption part of the website and all your eligible purchases show up on a list. You just choose the one you want to redeem and use your points. So you could use any website or travel agent and it'll show up there.
The only minor catch is that the points redemption is tiered until you are spending over $600. You have to spend in $150 increments until then (ie; if you booked a hotel for $140, you would have to use $150 of points to redeem it). After $600 it's all 1:1 so you just have to save up and use the points on flights or longer hotel stays primarily to maximize them.