There are actually 2 tiers of the American Express Membership Rewards Program—the MR tier (this is the “full” program) and the Express Tier (which is identical to the MR tier except that you can’t transfer points to other frequent flyer/hotel programs). The Express Rewards program typically applies to
The American Airlines AAdvantage (“Advantage”) Rewards program is the 1st and world’s largest frequent flyer program, or so their website claims. Travelers earn miles when they fly on American Airlines, American Connection/Eagle, or more than 20 other airline partners. The American Airlines Advantage program offers several different types
For those of you who like to get to the answer fast, GetDebit estimates the value of Hilton HHonors™ points to be worth around $0.0043 per point. This is a complex question to tackle (and like many rewards calculations, at times subjective), but here’s GetDebit’s take. The first thing
In order to calculate the value of certain frequent flyer programs, it is necessary to understand what it would cost to buy those airline tickets with cold hard cash. In economic terms, I think this is referred to as the replacement cost. Given that airline pricing strategy is
Last Reviewed: 10/22/2010
The Hilton HHonorsTM Card from American Express is a serious player in the hotel credit card space. More often than not it ranks very highly in the GetDebit Ranking Engine when we screen for hotel credit cards using the default spending profile. An equally formidable player is the