I appreciate you showing the economy option. Most RUclipsrs focus on business class / first class options which many of us don’t really care about. I also like how you get straight to the point, no puffery. Subscribed.
I think I’ve only ever commented on RUclips videos 3 times in my life but after finishing this video I RUSHED HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. There is literally NO OTHER VIDEO like this on RUclips. This was soooooooo helpful!!
What you said at 8:20 is soooo clutch. To many travel hackers especially on Reddit will choose a vacation destination based on reward availability. That’s crazy to me
Been waiting for this one! I love getting to see high value redemptions in action. 9.3 cents/point is some serious value and it just goes to show why using your points for travel is so powerful! Thanks for sharing Daniel. Great work as always.
Appreciate the economy inclusion! The 4.86 CPP sounds right up my alley because I have no true desire to fly business/first unless considering a LONG haul trip to Asia/Australia.
Booking AA on Etihad has great value but from my experience, they usually don't seem to have award availability for most saver award spaces AA releases. Qantas seems to have the most AA award availability but their redemptions are not cheap as Etihad's. Perhaps during transfer bonus season from Amex to Qantas, it might be worth looking into. Great video as always Daniel! Additional tip on the North America to Europe business award space - Booking through Virgin Atlantic for Delta One flights only costs 50k one-way. Finding award space might be tricky but it can score you a great redemption. ANA is another option for 88k round-trip!
Great tips Vikash! I was actually look at Delta One flights through Virgin Atlantic to include in this video but I could not find ANY haha - but great when availability is there. Yeah award availability is always a challenge so it varies for everyone depending on the situation. Booking in advance helps sometimes but it's a little bit of trial and error. Thanks so much for watching and sharing some good info!
@@Daniel_Braun Absolutely. VA Delta One award space is hard to come by but is a great option if it's available. I just did a quick search on VA and found a D1 flight from JFK-FCO on Feb 13 for 50k points. Depending on how flexible someone's travel plans are, it makes sense to fly to a neighboring city and fly out from there to the intended destination. In Europe, since the local flights are so cheap, this is definitely an option. Of course, nothing beats ANA's 88k RT to go from N.A. to Europe but the caveat being one-way redemptions are not possible with ANA. Emirates also has a similar RT sweet spot that allows you to fly from N.A. to Europe for 90k RT (although the one-way cost is 72.5k I believe). Lots of ways to maximize points with award travel and that's why we chase after the SUBs and high-multiplier spending categories haha.
I love redemption guides like this. All very useful! That insane value for the AA first class is awesome. Prior to joining the credit card game, I’d never known that flying first class for long haul flights with points gained from credit cards (outside of airline credit cards) was even possible. I think I’ll use my Amex points for flights like this and keep my Chase points for Hyatt redemptions 😃
That's the way to do it! And Amex has more transfer partners than Citi, so use your Citi points for Virgin Atlantic and Amex points for British Airways :)
This video was REVOLUTIONARY for me! For so long I’ve wanted to see some real examples of how to redeem these Amex Points that I have piled up. You really changed my mind with this one, I will save my points now instead of cashing them out with the Schwab! Especially since we wanted to go to Singapore, London and Ireland so this is all perfect. Any tips for Japan/China areas? Thanks Daniel, that was great!
Thanks for the economy example. You're spot on in saying I wouldn't even pay the cash value of the points used in a business class redemption. MSRP price is for suckers and is a bloated number.
Using Amex points for travel is great... When you can actually use them. Every award flight I try there's either nothing available or it's a crappy 12 to 18 hour flight that should take me 3 hours to get there. It's already hard to find reward flights but it's even harder trying to find one on the day you want to go. Going to keep paying cash and stacking my points until I can actually use them for a good redemption
Don't wait too long. Points are guaranteed get devalued. But I agree with your thoughts. These high redemption requires flexibility, which not everyone has.
Daniel, as a Amex platinum holder, when it comes to domestic flights, do you just book them in the portal at 1 cent valuation? For example NY to Los Angeles, or NY to Dallas, what would you do? Also, how do you get first class or business class upgrades on domestic flights if you're a business platinum holder? TYIA
Question- If transfer points can take up to 48-Hours.. How do you know if the point match-up/cost will be the by time transferred. Lets say it took the full 2-days and cost went up? How do you plan usually? I am new to this, but you have helped tremendously!!
very interesting. I've yet to use any points for a trip as new to credit cards and just stockpiling points right now. Seems like even big sign on bonuses might only get you one really nice round trip first class flight so making it an inspirational bucket list kind of trip is something to consider
Great video! Thanks for sharing actual screenshots and examples. Quick question - with Etihad showing 62,500 for AA Flagship Ticket, would it have mattered how many points AA's website shows the flight costs? Or the Etihad points will always cover that type of ticket for 62,500 (as long as there's availability)
Thanks for making this video Daniel! I'm always looking to redeem my points for the highest redemption values to take your points the furthest, so this was very helpful. I'm also looking to hopefully travel to Southeast Asia in the next couple years, so I especially loved that first example. Great work as always!
Avianca has amazing flexibility like Etihad in your last example too. Since I live in a United hub I'm able to transfer to Avianca for United flights & it's so clutch.
Hi Daniel great video and tips. Please can I ask does the Etihad booking work with American airlines still, also what should I say to the customer services rep at Ethihad please? I.e. do I say Im wanting to book an american airlines reward flight through etihad? Thanks!
Thanks for all the tips! One question though, for me in all your examples it's not a 1:1 trade for the points (for Krisflyer or Delta) but a 5:4, do you know why that is? Maybe because I only have the gold card? or due to region? Or did they change that recently?
Hey man, just want too say your videos are awesome and I've learned so much about credit cards and maxing their value. I am about to apply for the Amex gold right after this lol. I have a question, if I get the Amex gold tonight, how long should I wait before applying for my first Chase card? I'm within the 5/24 but I wasn't sure if this is seen as risky. Thanks!
is there a way for you to know which airline you can take to maximize your points to go from A to B? It's super boring and tired to look through every single airline to find the best one. To top off on that, some airline even link to another airline which makes it harder to know which is the best. Hopefully you have a tools or something like a website to help exactly know which one. like at 5:50, how exactly you know the second option is better? I have both Chase and Amex and it's a very boring and exhausted to find a best airline to transfers both points into 1. Please help. like how do you even know that Singapore is the best to maximize your point? Thank you and Great video!!!
Usually I say 3-6 months between applications is good for most people. If you're gonna run a Chase Trifecta setup with the CSP or CSR then I think it's worth it to. have all 3 with the CFF and CFU as well!
I’m planning on booking my October Korea trip but wasn’t sure to look for two one-ways or one round trip. People say it’s best to book 2 one-way because of the risk of the outbound flight getting cancelled. What do you think? Kinda conflicted which to do when browsing flights right now
I have question like I want to book a flight international and I have 100k membership, points and the flight I need cost is 183k points. So my question is can I still book a flight with my points and pay the rest value with card.
But aren’t flights and seats very limited when trying to use reward miles? Meaning, hard to get the flight you want on date(s) you want. Is that right or am I missing something?
Hi Daniel, this sound great in theory, however whenever I try to redeem points for plane tickets thru my amex platinum they are usually double in price. for example, a round trip ticket for one person on American Airlines from Miami to Santo Domingo comes out to $328.00 and the same ticket thru the amex travel portal comes out to double.
how did you find out etihad was a one to one partner with amex and american airlines? did you look through all the partners that american airlines has and see whcih one had one with amex as well?
Hi can you make some videos on Amex Canada portal, as there are not many transfer partner here in Canada. Any way to maximize for Candian Amex card holders would be great
currrently have a platinum amex card, the rewards redemption for emirates is 3 amex to 1 emirates miles, and the rest of the airlines are 2 to 1.can this change, do the airlines or amex come out with promotions.
So looking at this, i need to book flights on American airline. but i cant transfer to them. but can to BA. But the flight i need isnt showing on BA websites So does AA let u use the BA miles on the AA website?
Awesome breakdown! Have you done a review on the costco anywhere visa? Just taking a look at it, it seems like it would be a great card for a lot of people with just gas savings alone and the cash back earnings
Costco Citi card does good savings but the best savings only come if you have COSTCO Executive membership with it. The card does give 4% CB on gas, but overall I personally am not very impressed after holding it for 4 years. The annual Cashback is marginally profitable after deducting the annual membership fee for costco. Wells Fargo Autograph with 3X points in gas is pretty close second choice. There are several other cards that get flat 2% Cashback and can easily replace costco anywhere in your wallet IMO.
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I appreciate you showing the economy option. Most RUclipsrs focus on business class / first class options which many of us don’t really care about. I also like how you get straight to the point, no puffery. Subscribed.
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I think I’ve only ever commented on RUclips videos 3 times in my life but after finishing this video I RUSHED HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. There is literally NO OTHER VIDEO like this on RUclips. This was soooooooo helpful!!
I'm so glad to hear that the video was helpful! Thank you so much for watching - really means a lot to me when I know my content was valuable!
One of the least fluff channels out there. You can see all the prep that goes into these videos with how polished they come out. Nice work.
Ayyyy - This is what I come for: EXAMPLES! Thanks Daniel
No problem man! Yeah I love researching these and trying to find some cool deals so this one was fun to make!
Please keep making these videos!
Earning points is easy, finding real-life redemption is way harder.
What you said at 8:20 is soooo clutch. To many travel hackers especially on Reddit will choose a vacation destination based on reward availability. That’s crazy to me
Great video! $1,800 for that business class - absolutely! Appreciate the breakdown!
Been waiting for this one! I love getting to see high value redemptions in action. 9.3 cents/point is some serious value and it just goes to show why using your points for travel is so powerful! Thanks for sharing Daniel. Great work as always.
Thanks Spencer! Yeah I thought that was a really cool one that I plan to use for a trip to London sometime! anything close to 10 CPP is amazing 👍
@@Daniel_Braun I really wanna go to London sometime soon as well so I may have to steal that one from you 😉
@@SpencerJohnsonOfficial Haha if this video does well I bet the date I showed in this video will get booked up. But definitely a good one to use!
@@Daniel_Braun Good point lol. Hopefully we can find some other good dates in the future.
Gotta watch dudes videos at .75 speed 😂
But have you tried it at a mere 1.25x?
Actually he goes too slow. It's a perspective trick. Try speeding it up. Trust yourself.
SAME!!!
For real. Thought I was the only one.
I think he wants us to watch it 5x to get what he was saying, smart move 😂
Appreciate the economy inclusion!
The 4.86 CPP sounds right up my alley because I have no true desire to fly business/first unless considering a LONG haul trip to Asia/Australia.
Loving the level of research in this one. It's incredible how much value you can squeeze out of these points if you do a little digging. 🤑
As someone just getting into using my built up Amex points, this is awesome!
Great video Daniel, people always talk about points this and points that but never give concrete examples. This video will help lots of people!
Booking AA on Etihad has great value but from my experience, they usually don't seem to have award availability for most saver award spaces AA releases. Qantas seems to have the most AA award availability but their redemptions are not cheap as Etihad's. Perhaps during transfer bonus season from Amex to Qantas, it might be worth looking into. Great video as always Daniel!
Additional tip on the North America to Europe business award space - Booking through Virgin Atlantic for Delta One flights only costs 50k one-way. Finding award space might be tricky but it can score you a great redemption. ANA is another option for 88k round-trip!
Great tips Vikash! I was actually look at Delta One flights through Virgin Atlantic to include in this video but I could not find ANY haha - but great when availability is there.
Yeah award availability is always a challenge so it varies for everyone depending on the situation. Booking in advance helps sometimes but it's a little bit of trial and error. Thanks so much for watching and sharing some good info!
@@Daniel_Braun Absolutely. VA Delta One award space is hard to come by but is a great option if it's available. I just did a quick search on VA and found a D1 flight from JFK-FCO on Feb 13 for 50k points. Depending on how flexible someone's travel plans are, it makes sense to fly to a neighboring city and fly out from there to the intended destination. In Europe, since the local flights are so cheap, this is definitely an option.
Of course, nothing beats ANA's 88k RT to go from N.A. to Europe but the caveat being one-way redemptions are not possible with ANA. Emirates also has a similar RT sweet spot that allows you to fly from N.A. to Europe for 90k RT (although the one-way cost is 72.5k I believe).
Lots of ways to maximize points with award travel and that's why we chase after the SUBs and high-multiplier spending categories haha.
I love redemption guides like this. All very useful! That insane value for the AA first class is awesome. Prior to joining the credit card game, I’d never known that flying first class for long haul flights with points gained from credit cards (outside of airline credit cards) was even possible. I think I’ll use my Amex points for flights like this and keep my Chase points for Hyatt redemptions 😃
That's the way to do it! And Amex has more transfer partners than Citi, so use your Citi points for Virgin Atlantic and Amex points for British Airways :)
What about if you mostly travel domestically within the US ? Is it not worth it to have the Amex ?
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Wow, I'm shook 😮 I'm a visual learner and was so confused about Etihad n AA situation, now I get it. Thanks!!!
Love seeing the practical examples using points and also taking into account the opportunity costs for the other methods.
Great video as always man. Would absolutely love a part 2 for both Amex and Chase!
This video was REVOLUTIONARY for me! For so long I’ve wanted to see some real examples of how to redeem these Amex Points that I have piled up.
You really changed my mind with this one, I will save my points now instead of cashing them out with the Schwab!
Especially since we wanted to go to Singapore, London and Ireland so this is all perfect.
Any tips for Japan/China areas?
Thanks Daniel, that was great!
Thanks for the economy example. You're spot on in saying I wouldn't even pay the cash value of the points used in a business class redemption. MSRP price is for suckers and is a bloated number.
I'm glad I found this video, thank you - I have about 300k amex points so I gotta be smart with it
Excellent video. Needed to pause it now and again to take a breath as the edit was, shall we say, fast paced. But, excellent stuff.
That etihad -> AA workaround is some god tier info
Using Amex points for travel is great... When you can actually use them. Every award flight I try there's either nothing available or it's a crappy 12 to 18 hour flight that should take me 3 hours to get there. It's already hard to find reward flights but it's even harder trying to find one on the day you want to go. Going to keep paying cash and stacking my points until I can actually use them for a good redemption
Don't wait too long. Points are guaranteed get devalued.
But I agree with your thoughts. These high redemption requires flexibility, which not everyone has.
Daniel, as a Amex platinum holder, when it comes to domestic flights, do you just book them in the portal at 1 cent valuation? For example NY to Los Angeles, or NY to Dallas, what would you do?
Also, how do you get first class or business class upgrades on domestic flights if you're a business platinum holder? TYIA
Have you tried transferring your points to British Airways to fly American Airlines? You should be able to get that flight at least 1.5 cents in value
@@jacobfain6504 im sitting here confused i went on amex trying to use my points i dont get this transferring thing but ima learn!
This is amazing. I never knew this. Goodness!! All of these miles i wasted.
You killed it with examples!! THANK YOU
You're really good at this and make point redemptions for travel so fun!
Dude is hacking the system, absolutely bonkers. Also congrats on the Engagement!!🎉
Thank you. You made it good w examples. Everyone else so confusing jesussss… great vid make more
I love you ahead of time. Now!! Gotta watch this video!
Super useful guide. That said, this gave me a headache, getting good value out of your points shouldn't be this complicated.
For the next one try doing 3 domestic flights and best redemptions. Amex has a knack for being harder to use for domestic economy flying
Great video, thanks! Just got the gold card and racking up the points. Will definitely want to maximize my points!!!
Glad to hear you liked it, thanks! I'll be making some more videos with examples soon as well
Thanks Danny. I don't have any AMEX cards, but always enjoy your knowledge sharing and insight.
Question- If transfer points can take up to 48-Hours.. How do you know if the point match-up/cost will be the by time transferred. Lets say it took the full 2-days and cost went up? How do you plan usually? I am new to this, but you have helped tremendously!!
By far the best video for traveling using points 🙏🙌
Several months worth of your time to find this kind of deals, and remember he is a pro at finding deals!
Daniel , which cards transfer to United Airlines? Most of my flights best options are with United. Thank you!
very interesting. I've yet to use any points for a trip as new to credit cards and just stockpiling points right now. Seems like even big sign on bonuses might only get you one really nice round trip first class flight so making it an inspirational bucket list kind of trip is something to consider
dude, this video was awesome! hope you can show more first class aa flagship from LAX next time. great job!
Just joined Amex gold and was able to get the 90k bonous offer !!
Thank you for the great informative video! Please consider slowing down while talking. It’s too fast to follow sometimes.
Great info Daniel. Watch your videos I was able to get the freedom and amex gold thanks buddy 👍 congratulations in your upcoming wedding!🙏
Great video! Thanks for sharing actual screenshots and examples. Quick question - with Etihad showing 62,500 for AA Flagship Ticket, would it have mattered how many points AA's website shows the flight costs? Or the Etihad points will always cover that type of ticket for 62,500 (as long as there's availability)
5:17 same! Love economy redemptions!
You should do a video on finding domestic deals!
Great video and practical examples and thanks for doing the math
You're welcome - I know math wasn't your best subject in school
This is so helpful! If you already book with an airlines but want to upgrade to business. Can you use points transfer?
Thanks for making this video Daniel! I'm always looking to redeem my points for the highest redemption values to take your points the furthest, so this was very helpful. I'm also looking to hopefully travel to Southeast Asia in the next couple years, so I especially loved that first example. Great work as always!
Thanks for the content as always! ❤ your content is great. Please consider adding time stamps! That will make your videos amazing!
Avianca has amazing flexibility like Etihad in your last example too. Since I live in a United hub I'm able to transfer to Avianca for United flights & it's so clutch.
great tip!
The examples help so much, thank you!
Thanks for the great tips!! congrats on the good job!
Thanks so much Adrian, glad it was helpful!!
Hi Daniel great video and tips. Please can I ask does the Etihad booking work with American airlines still, also what should I say to the customer services rep at Ethihad please? I.e. do I say Im wanting to book an american airlines reward flight through etihad? Thanks!
Thanks for all the tips! One question though, for me in all your examples it's not a 1:1 trade for the points (for Krisflyer or Delta) but a 5:4, do you know why that is? Maybe because I only have the gold card? or due to region? Or did they change that recently?
Hey man, just want too say your videos are awesome and I've learned so much about credit cards and maxing their value. I am about to apply for the Amex gold right after this lol. I have a question, if I get the Amex gold tonight, how long should I wait before applying for my first Chase card? I'm within the 5/24 but I wasn't sure if this is seen as risky. Thanks!
Got approved lets go!!
Awesome video! Any suggestions on which Amex travel partners are good to travel to Central Americas? Thanks
Dan, amazing video showing how to get the most value with your points! Can you do this same search style video for Chase UR points?
Who would you go through to book a Delta Flight for the best deal?
Dude ... this was awesome ... subbed
is there a way for you to know which airline you can take to maximize your points to go from A to B? It's super boring and tired to look through every single airline to find the best one. To top off on that, some airline even link to another airline which makes it harder to know which is the best. Hopefully you have a tools or something like a website to help exactly know which one. like at 5:50, how exactly you know the second option is better? I have both Chase and Amex and it's a very boring and exhausted to find a best airline to transfers both points into 1. Please help. like how do you even know that Singapore is the best to maximize your point?
Thank you and Great video!!!
Great video, Daniel!
Thanks so much Julian, glad you liked it! 👍
Great video, 👍
I'm looking to travel to Los Cabos next year from Boston. Any advice I have a points and miles on Amex, Jet Blue and CAP1.
Bro, you're the best. Thank you for sharing this!
I literally just booked this exact flight to Ireland from NY and I had to spend 26,000 Avios but then I remembered you only did a one way example 😂
7:55 Yes. So many people don’t get that…
Can I transfer fr two dif credit cards pts info the same partner travel airline? To combine for one flight?
Amx has a FDIC Insured account for 4.
something? Do you suggest this?
Do you have anything for the Caribbean?
If you have no points 😅 should book directly or Amex travel ?
"But if you want to go to Ireland..."
*** Shows picture of the Great Causeway in NORTHERN Ireland ***
Dude 😂😂😂
I have the CFF what amount of time should I wait until applying for the CFU and should I get the CFU? Thank you
Usually I say 3-6 months between applications is good for most people. If you're gonna run a Chase Trifecta setup with the CSP or CSR then I think it's worth it to. have all 3 with the CFF and CFU as well!
@@Daniel_Braun thank you I appreciate it.
Hey Dan! Thanks for this great video!
Could you make some examples to fly in Latin America? I do not fly to Europe, but inside the Americas
Thanks!
Do i get access to the delta sky club lounges with my amexgold?
I’m planning on booking my October Korea trip but wasn’t sure to look for two one-ways or one round trip. People say it’s best to book 2 one-way because of the risk of the outbound flight getting cancelled. What do you think? Kinda conflicted which to do when browsing flights right now
Awesome vid! How would you get max value when flying with points domestically here in the US?
It's sometimes harder to find really high value domestically, but there are ways. I'll do more examples like that in another video like this!
I have question like I want to book a flight international and I have 100k membership, points and the flight I need cost is 183k points. So my question is can I still book a flight with my points and pay the rest value with card.
Love the throw programs
But aren’t flights and seats very limited when trying to use reward miles? Meaning, hard to get the flight you want on date(s) you want. Is that right or am I missing something?
Regular hotels, rental cars, and cruises definitely didn’t make the list 😄🤙
Lol maybe one day they will if Amex makes a major pivot with transfer partners haha! Only flights for this video though!
Is there a video for Chase points?
Yes there is! Right here: Maximize Your Chase Points For Flights (3 Examples)
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Hi Daniel, this sound great in theory, however whenever I try to redeem points for plane tickets thru my amex platinum they are usually double in price. for example, a round trip ticket for one person on American Airlines from Miami to Santo Domingo comes out to $328.00 and the same ticket thru the amex travel portal comes out to double.
AA has many partners. How do you know that you can call Editha when you want to book an AA first class?
How do you know about Etihad being an American Airlines travel partner?
Ima have 90k point here soon and am planning a trip to Europe here soon
how did you find out etihad was a one to one partner with amex and american airlines? did you look through all the partners that american airlines has and see whcih one had one with amex as well?
Wait, so Daniel suggests buying two one-way flights when traveling instead of a roundtrip ticket ?
Great video, thanks for screenshots and details.
Hi can you make some videos on Amex Canada portal, as there are not many transfer partner here in Canada. Any way to maximize for Candian Amex card holders would be great
This is neat, thanks for sharing
currrently have a platinum amex card, the rewards redemption for emirates is 3 amex to 1 emirates miles, and the rest of the airlines are 2 to 1.can this change, do the airlines or amex come out with promotions.
Can you get a good redemption for domestic flights?
I like clear examples :) thank you
Great video, thanks for the info!
Would this be possible with amex gold?
What about flying to the Caribbean ?
So looking at this, i need to book flights on American airline. but i cant transfer to them. but can to BA. But the flight i need isnt showing on BA websites So does AA let u use the BA miles on the AA website?
Very helpful video, thank you!
Awesome breakdown! Have you done a review on the costco anywhere visa? Just taking a look at it, it seems like it would be a great card for a lot of people with just gas savings alone and the cash back earnings
Costco Citi card does good savings but the best savings only come if you have COSTCO Executive membership with it. The card does give 4% CB on gas, but overall I personally am not very impressed after holding it for 4 years. The annual Cashback is marginally profitable after deducting the annual membership fee for costco. Wells Fargo Autograph with 3X points in gas is pretty close second choice. There are several other cards that get flat 2% Cashback and can easily replace costco anywhere in your wallet IMO.