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by hakfoo 2088 days ago
But conversely the value of points have to be discounted by the risk of loss of utility or future devaluation.

When the credit card says $200 in cash-back rewards, there's a lot less room to play games. 20,000 miles might buy a ticket today, but only an upgrade tomorrow. And that even assumes the ticket you wanted was available through the program you decided to back.