Built up 169k miles over the last 18 months on our Citi Prestige card. That plus $149/person got us flights next nonth to Prague and back from Vienna two weeks later. Flights are British Airways, connecting through LHR.
I think they're moving the airline redemption from 1.33x to 1.00x, which reduces the value a bit. I'll have to wait and see how that impacts our awards.
Unfortunately, Alaska lounges no longer participate in Priority Pass so we end up walking half the airport just to get to a lounge at SEA. #firstworldproblem. Looks like there are plenty of lounge options in LHR and VIE.
They've also capped the fourth night free at two per year, but we've never used more than that in any given year (partly because we do Airbnb when traveling with a kid).
Lastly, the Price Rewind is going away... but I think I've only managed saving like $20-30 total by using it over the last 3-4 years.
Given we're flying to Europe for two weeks for $446 in flights, I'm still pretty happy with the card. The lounge thing is big for us, so that and cheap flights are all we really care about. We travel enough that their 5x for airlines, etc. really adds up fast.
I think they're moving the airline redemption from 1.33x to 1.00x, which reduces the value a bit. I'll have to wait and see how that impacts our awards.
Unfortunately, Alaska lounges no longer participate in Priority Pass so we end up walking half the airport just to get to a lounge at SEA. #firstworldproblem. Looks like there are plenty of lounge options in LHR and VIE.
They've also capped the fourth night free at two per year, but we've never used more than that in any given year (partly because we do Airbnb when traveling with a kid).
Lastly, the Price Rewind is going away... but I think I've only managed saving like $20-30 total by using it over the last 3-4 years.
Given we're flying to Europe for two weeks for $446 in flights, I'm still pretty happy with the card. The lounge thing is big for us, so that and cheap flights are all we really care about. We travel enough that their 5x for airlines, etc. really adds up fast.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth