Last Reviewed: 8/20/2010
The Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is Virgin Atlantic’s frequent flyer program. The lowest level of membership is Flying Club Red, then Silver, and finally, Gold. For those of you who are interested in an analysis of the monetary value of a Flying Club Point, check out PlasticIQ’s article, How Much Are Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles Worth?.
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Last Reviewed: 8/15/2010
The American Express Blue Sky credit card is another one of those cards masquerading as a travel credit card, yet behaving more like a cash back card with some redemption restrictions. Thus, on PIQ’s Plastic Ranking Engine you will find the AMEX Blue Sky card in both the travel and cash back categories.
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Last Reviewed: 8/14/2010
Many of Bank Of America’s credit cards allow you to earn World Points, which are redeemable for cash, travel, gift cards, merchandise, VIP events, and even charitable donations. PlasticIQ decided to take a deeper look at this program to get a handle on how much a WorldPoint might actually be worth.
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Last Reviewed: 8/5/2010
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The Capital One No Hassle Cash Rewards credit card is a fairly straightforward cashback credit card. It’s not an all-star card, but neither is it a laggard–somewhat North of middle-of-the-pack. One callout is that Capital One tends to tailor their offers based on your credit worthiness.
Last Reviewed: 8/1/2010
While the Bank of America Accelerated Cash Rewards card currently ranks 5th out of 32 cashback cards, as the table below shows, this card will earn you significantly less than the top-ranked Discover Escape and American Express Blue Cash card.
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Last Reviewed: 7/30/2010
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The Penfed Visa Platinum card might be called a hidden gem. The value proposition of this card is very straightforward: its awesome for gas rewards (5% cashback), very good for supermarket rewards (2% cashback) and plain Jane on all other purchases (1% cashback).
Last Reviewed: 7/13/2010 Last Revised: 8/21/2010
If you just read some random Chase Freedom promotional materials, the Chase Freedom credit card probably seems like an amazing offer, paying a whopping 4% bonus cashback (on top of the base 1% cashback!) on rotating spend categories each quarter.
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For those who like to open their presents early, PlasticIQ answers the question “So how much are my Marriott Rewards Points really worth?” with a resounding “$0.0088 per point”. But don’t you want to keep reading to get a glimpse of PlasticIQ’s dazzling logic which enabled us to make this estimate? Of course you do…
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There are three levels of Amex Rewards—Membership Rewards Express, Membership Rewards (which is what this article is focused on), and Membership Rewards First. We have blogged separately about the Express program in our post What is the value of American Express Membership Rewards Express Program Points?
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According to the Best Western website, there are more than 4,000 Best Western hotels in over 80 countries. It would be cool to try and visit each hotel, that would be a claim to fame!
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