Comments on: Free Money http://www.bupkis.org If you're not here, you haven't got bupkis. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.bupkis.org/index.php/money/free-money#comment-494 admin Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:50:43 +0000 http://www.bupkis.org/index.php#comment-494 It turns out that Bank of America was still screwing me with the Cruise Rewards points, but I didn't catch on soon enough. The points were supposedly worth $1 each, however they were only redeemable with the B of A travel agent and only as a $500 or $800 credit on a cruise booked with them. However, the B of A travel agent is more expensive than an of the on-line travel sites by nearly exactly the value of the points, so it turns out that the points are actually worthless. I switched to Captial One, who pays 1% cash back. Points are <strong>not</strong> "as good as cash". Only cash is as good as cash. Everything else is something different. It turns out that Bank of America was still screwing me with the Cruise Rewards points, but I didn’t catch on soon enough.

The points were supposedly worth $1 each, however they were only redeemable with the B of A travel agent and only as a $500 or $800 credit on a cruise booked with them.

However, the B of A travel agent is more expensive than an of the on-line travel sites by nearly exactly the value of the points, so it turns out that the points are actually worthless.

I switched to Captial One, who pays 1% cash back. Points are not “as good as cash”. Only cash is as good as cash. Everything else is something different.

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