Wow thank you so much for the donation from the Super Thanks! I definitely put a lot of time and effort into this video and making the Google Sheet file so I'm glad to hear that it was valuable! Yeah there's a ton of ways to redeem points so it's always good to check and compare prices and values

Following up man holy fuck is this all annoying lol they want you to have logins and accounts with all of these things even to search for point balances - it’s crazy. World wants our data at every turn

Thanks so much Jacob! Yeah a guide like that definitely is helpful so glad to hear you liked it!

Happy to provide that free resource! Thanks so much for watching and I'm so glad to hear that it was easy to understand because that's exactly what I was going for!

Thanks so much Jamal, glad to hear it was helpful! There's definitely ways to book Delta flights with Chase points when you find award availability!

Thanks Louis, so glad to hear that you liked this video! I've been wanting to make this one for a while because there's 2 different ways to play the points and miles game with either domestic economy flights or aspirational travel. I've redeemed points for both types of travel so it's good to have options! Appreciate your support of the channel here 👍

Thank you so much Steve, that's awesome feedback for this video so I'm really glad that it was helpful! Trying my best to provide everything that people might need to get the most out of their points and miles! 😁 Thanks again for the support!

Thanks so much Matt! Yeah getting those flexible points currencies is definitely best and opens up so many options. I'd love to see more points transfer to AA other than Bilt so maybe eventually that will happen! If not though, at least British Airways is a good option as well

I can't thank you enough for sharing my videos like that Brandon!! I definitely try to put in the extra work to make these videos easy to understand, so I love to hear that feedback - thanks again! 👍

Most airlines in the U.S. now only sell you 2 one ways for flights within the U.S. I agree with you if you're talking about International flights as RT could be $800 and OW $600 but that's just not how it works domestically anymore.

@@druiz012That might be true for budget airlines but for airlines like american airlines it is cheaper to book rounds trips with cash, and that is what should be used to calculate CPP. Look up Philadelphia to San Diego December 2-6 and the one way is more expensive than the round trip

Great point... Many just chase cpp so they can brag about it

So for this I can agree sometimes, but it truly varies and depends on the situation. There's been times where I've booked round trip because the price was cheaper - but other times one way fares equal exactly half the cost of round trip so it didn't matter to book one way or round trip. I actually just search around on American with the PHL to PHX route to see if there were price differences and honestly I found both scenarios to be true where round trip was slightly cheaper for certain dates and the same price on other dates. To me, another important thing to consider is flexibility where I know that I can book an award seat with one airline in one direction and then a cheaper cash price on another airline in another direction for the return flight. Round trip makes that more difficult. Sometimes with points and miles you also might only be able to find an award seat in one direction but not the other, so then you have to do some math to figure out if it's better to book points one way and cash the other way, or just a cash round trip ticket. So all of that is to say that people should always compare prices. Personally I usually find that one way is best in most situations and gives the most flexibility, but not always. I also believe that CPP value is not everything and is really just a way to compare deals to each other because sometimes CPP value can be inflated if one way tickets are more expensive than round trip - I actually want to talk about this in a video because you bring up a really good point! I just experienced this myself with a British Airways business class ticket where the one way price would give a CPP value of around 10 CPP, but the round trip price was cheaper and valued the trip at around 5 CPP which is a big difference. Thanks for watching and providing good and valuable feedback! Some people just choose to use negative language in the comments instead of constructively giving opposing thoughts - so again thanks! This video is meant to just be a guide on the process of where to go to transfer points within airline alliances, but the price comparison is an important part of this process as well 👍

@@Daniel_Braun Thanks for the detailed reply Daniel! I completely agree with the points you have made, my point really was just that CPP I have realized is not the end all be all! I would agree that booking reward travel one way is the way to do it for sure. I think that CPP is sometimes overblown to show outsized value where it might not necessarily have been present but it is of course a good way to see if the booking should be made or not generally. I was just adding my 2 cents (which I am sure you are already aware of) since it is something I use to evaluate reward redemptions since I have learned more and more about travel hacking, but thank you for always providing great and valuable content. You have helped me get progress on my luxury travel credit card journey in more ways than one!

Hey Brad thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad to hear you say all of that! That's so cool to hear that you'll be able to save so much on the honeymoon from the points and miles - Great work!!

Thanks Anthony! Yeah hopefully this can be a good guide for anyone to use to search for some of these award flights within airline alliances on US flights! I've talked about international flights before, so now I'm glad I got to make this video for domestic flights

I'm having a similar issue with Chase points -> Delta miles. Trying to book on Virgin and Fly Blue and can't find the flight I'm looking for. Any tips? Thanks for the informative video! @daniel_braun

Its wayyyy harder than they make it out to be in these kind of videos. It’s really only worth the hassle if you can fly out during the week, which doesn’t work for most people’s vacation plans

Thanks so much for watching! Yeah it can be challenging to learn all of this stuff and it's always changing. They pretty much know that it's only 1% of people that will take all of these steps, so I'm trying to make it easier for more people to take advantage of this stuff!

So glad to hear you say that! Thanks for watching! 👍

Awesome to hear that you've been here since 70K subs, so thanks for watching my videos! Yeah Hyatt is probably the best place to start with transferring points for more value because it's pretty straightforward. The airline alliance stuff requires a bit more time to find good deals, but it can lead to some really great experiences and values as well! Appreciate the support, hope you enjoyed this video 👍

Thanks so much for checking out that podcast David! I had a great time chatting with Julia over there! Appreciate you watching this video too 👍

Hi @josep977 👋🏾 would you mind sharing how I can get the Excel spreadsheet?

That is what I use. Interested to see what Daniel says.

Awesome to hear that, welcome to the Discord!

Thanks so much for watching, glad you liked it! Yeah I can definitely make more videos going over what the best transfer partners are - it really all depends on what you're looking to do with the points and what places you're trying to travel to. So I'll cover a variety of examples 👍

If 1 hour of hunting for the perfect cheap ticket saves me $200 then I basically got paid $300 for an hour of my time. I don't know about you but that's a good deal to me.

@@schm147 it's not a out hunting anything, I didn't mention time spent on it at all

Thanks so much, glad you liked it! Appreciate you watching 👍

Love to hear that, thanks for watching! I'll have some more similar content coming out in the near future!

Always number 1 on Credit Card KZfaq!

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Thanks so much! Glad you liked it 👍

Thanks so much! And no worries about that at all, cash back is still great! The points and miles stuff take some time to learn all of this stuff, so taking the cash back is just much easier for some people. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much Elliott, glad you liked it! So I think within each alliance there's many airlines that have their own sweet spots. For me, the ones I mentioned here in this video are where I usually look first if I'm trying to book a US flight on points and miles - but I'll definitely go over some more example in future videos as well!

hello daniel im so happy to come accr0ss your video... i have a question i have an aeroplan account which i do point bookings from and basicly i like to do a point only booking where i do not pay anything including taxes because i cover that with my points.. as at 18th of this month they took away that option and i have to pay taxes for my future bookings but i always prefer to pay it all with my points... is there any other airlines that i can move to where they have a point only booking without me paying nothing for taxes but rather pay it all in points.. love jeff canada

Thanks so much Rayshard! Appreciate that about the graphics too, I think my editor did a great job on that!

It's probably sold out. These saver award flights are extremely limited. Unless you are very flexible, you're unlikely defined these prices for your location, date, time

I just checked Air France and it looks like there's some sort of a glitch in their search tool right now where it's not showing any results. But for Virgin I just searched for ATL to SAN on April 10 and it's still available at that same 12,500 points price! Make sure to select "Show Price in Points" within the search tool. But award availability is always changing, so this video is just meant to be a guide for how to search that you can rewatch as needed

You're better off keeping your points for flights, and paying cash for hotels

I can do a video like this for hotels as well. Generally Hyatt is going to be the most consistent with point redemption values. I'll see if I can find some good example for Marriott, Hilton, etc. as well. But in general like @LK_EBM referenced, it can be better to use certain points for flights instead of hotels - but it really all just depends on the prices and what you personally value and want to use your points for. I'll see if I can make a video like this for hotels though 👍

I'll have to check out that Hyatt in DC! I stayed at the Park Hyatt in DC last year and that was really nice and I got a suite upgrade for that!

Grand Hyatt is a Cat 4 so you can use the free night from the Hyatt card if you’re so inclined.

So if you download the Excel file and then open up a new Google Sheets file, then go to File > Import > Upload then you’ll be able to import that file directly into Google Sheets!

Unfortunately with videos like this it's pretty difficult to cover every single example because the prices in points and cash vary so much with locations, dates, etc. This video is just meant to be a guide for how to search for award seats with US airlines on a basic level. Certainly are more ways to do it, but these are some of the best places to start for most people. I'll make more videos going over more stuff in the future as well though 👍 Thanks for watching!

@@Daniel_Braun Very true, and this is a good introductory video overall

It's definitely not easy. You need to be more flexible with your airport, travel location, date, and time. Otherwise, you won't find these low cost saver awards

Definitely not always going to be easy - the award availability is always changing so it helps to be flexible and search around. Searching far in advance and last minute can help as well as that's when award availability might be the most. But in general, start by searching with any of the 3 major airlines like I showed in this video and use their airline alliance partners to search as well.

The hoops are to induce breakage and poor value redemption. It’s just a game, and like in Vegas, the rules (odds) are stacked in favor of the house.

@@TheFizz263 The hoops usually involve flexibility with time and patience. Which most people can't afford when planning traveling here and there every other month. So most people end up using travel portals and the most convenient and flexible way to pay with points + cash. Sure you can sit and wait for half a year to get enough points for that cheap flight for American that British shows on their website, but most likely you won't.

For the chase ecosystem, you can transfer your points to Hyatt easily get 2-3 cents per point depending on the category of property.

Thanks so much Scott! So to answer your question, there are not the same alliances for hotel programs like there are for airlines - so the only way to book Marriott is by transferring to Marriott and the only way to book Hyatt is by transferring to Hyatt, etc. Like Brandon said above, Hyatt is the best value in the credit card points game for hotel stays. If you compare maybe a $300 night at a hotel for Hyatt vs Marriott for example, it might only cost 10,000 to 15,000 Hyatt Points whereas it might cost 40,000 to 45,000 Marriott points. So for me and many other people that like to use Chase points, Hyatt is only of the best transfer partners for that - but you should still always compare cash and points prices 👍

Thank you both!

I appreciate you saying that, thanks so much for watching!

That's awesome to hear! Thank you for watching and glad you liked it! 👍

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the earl view and comment no matter what number it was! haha

Just transfer it to your own account, and book the flight for your brother

So you often have to transfer to an airline or hotel program under the same name as your credit card account. You can definitely book it for someone else by using your own British Airways account though, like @LK_EBM said!

@@Daniel_Braun thank you! thanks for making all these videos!

Yes, if you can find the award space, which is extremely limited. It's a needle in the haystack

If you can find award availability through there then that is certainly a great option! The only trouble is that Chase and Amex don't transfer to Turkish so that limits a lot of people who only have those cards

It all depends on the airline. Basically if you search for flights in any of the ways the I showed in this video, then you'll be able to identify them. If it's a US airline flight that's available through an alliance partner search, then it's an award flight. But there's a ton of other information available on this online, so it can also be helpful to do a Google search for "How to book X award flights"

No that benefit is only for delta and you have to book through them directly. I had the platinum for a while because of the companion certificate, but using those perks also limits you as well because you can't use points and the companion cert.

@@FK-we1dp okay cool thank you. Yeah I have the platinum because I primarily fly Delta because of the routes I tend to fly and the companion pass at least pays for itself but I’m now a part of the Venture X family my first real travel card and nobody transfers directly to delta except Amex lol, so was hoping for a work around to keep both benefits 🤣

Yeah like @FK-we1dp said, that 15% discount when booking with Delta miles only applies when booking through Delta directly. So you'll have to do the math to compare, but in that calculator from this video, you can basically factor in that 15% transfer bonus to be the same as the 15% discount when booking with Delta miles. So in some situations it can help, but for the most part when you find award availability through Virgin or Air France, those should be the lowest prices in points and miles

Nice. The Venture X was the first real big boy card I got after having the Amex delta for years, but yeah they are totally unrelated from the benefits perspective. @@Crossmainst228

Thanks so much for watching!

😂 still close enough! Much appreciated!

Thank you so much for the early view!!

Great to see your success Daniel! Keep up the great work!

Appreciate that! Plenty more content to come! 👍

Haha thank you!! I tried to put a lot of effort into this one, so I really appreciate it!

@@Daniel_Braun You’re welcome Daniel. My travel rewards journey started because of you D, keep it up 👍🏾

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You’ve got it! 🥇

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@@ItsMeCJ NEVER!

@@AhmadKhwajazadaAhmad is on another level, to be consistently 2nd to CJ is unmatched.

Haha appreciate it! Any comments in the top 50 for the first day are amazing for watching early!

Thanks as always for stopping by! 👍