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Sally French

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Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

So check back then and see if I actually got to go.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

So check back then and see if I actually got to go.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

So check back then and see if I actually got to go.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

All right, my turn. I'll stick with the hotel theme. For Capital One points, I wouldn't sleep on transferring points to choice privileges. It's the loyalty program that includes brands like Comfort, Quality Inn, Radisson, Cambria Hotels, and some of those extended stay hotels like Everhome Suites. There are some super affordable nights, like I found this one boutique hotel in Oslo, Norway.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

All right, my turn. I'll stick with the hotel theme. For Capital One points, I wouldn't sleep on transferring points to choice privileges. It's the loyalty program that includes brands like Comfort, Quality Inn, Radisson, Cambria Hotels, and some of those extended stay hotels like Everhome Suites. There are some super affordable nights, like I found this one boutique hotel in Oslo, Norway.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

All right, my turn. I'll stick with the hotel theme. For Capital One points, I wouldn't sleep on transferring points to choice privileges. It's the loyalty program that includes brands like Comfort, Quality Inn, Radisson, Cambria Hotels, and some of those extended stay hotels like Everhome Suites. There are some super affordable nights, like I found this one boutique hotel in Oslo, Norway.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

I think it's pronounced Hotel Christiania Territor. It's an Ascend hotel collection, and it's only 15,000 points per night. But that same night cost $240 at the time we recorded this. That's U.S. dollars. So that would make that redemption worth about 1.6 cents per point, which is double NerdWallet's valuation of choice points.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

I think it's pronounced Hotel Christiania Territor. It's an Ascend hotel collection, and it's only 15,000 points per night. But that same night cost $240 at the time we recorded this. That's U.S. dollars. So that would make that redemption worth about 1.6 cents per point, which is double NerdWallet's valuation of choice points.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

I think it's pronounced Hotel Christiania Territor. It's an Ascend hotel collection, and it's only 15,000 points per night. But that same night cost $240 at the time we recorded this. That's U.S. dollars. So that would make that redemption worth about 1.6 cents per point, which is double NerdWallet's valuation of choice points.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Yeah. And if you want to stay stateside, there are also plenty of nights that are priced at 15,000 points or lower at brands like Quality Inn and Suites and Comfort Inn in the U.S. I found that those aren't quite as good value for your points. But if you do want an extended stay somewhere, 100,000 points will go a long way towards a six-night stay at one of those properties.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Yeah. And if you want to stay stateside, there are also plenty of nights that are priced at 15,000 points or lower at brands like Quality Inn and Suites and Comfort Inn in the U.S. I found that those aren't quite as good value for your points. But if you do want an extended stay somewhere, 100,000 points will go a long way towards a six-night stay at one of those properties.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Yeah. And if you want to stay stateside, there are also plenty of nights that are priced at 15,000 points or lower at brands like Quality Inn and Suites and Comfort Inn in the U.S. I found that those aren't quite as good value for your points. But if you do want an extended stay somewhere, 100,000 points will go a long way towards a six-night stay at one of those properties.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

The best one I found was at Radisson Blue Hotels, which is the high-end Radisson brand. The Radisson Blue in Aruba is 30,000 points a night, but could be as much as $533 a night in cash. So again, that's about 1.8 cents per point.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

The best one I found was at Radisson Blue Hotels, which is the high-end Radisson brand. The Radisson Blue in Aruba is 30,000 points a night, but could be as much as $533 a night in cash. So again, that's about 1.8 cents per point.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

The best one I found was at Radisson Blue Hotels, which is the high-end Radisson brand. The Radisson Blue in Aruba is 30,000 points a night, but could be as much as $533 a night in cash. So again, that's about 1.8 cents per point.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Amex Platinum cardholders also get a $200 credit toward bookings with fine hotels and resorts. So you can actually pay with a combination of cash and points, and then you'll get the $200 reimbursement as a statement credit and all those perks, and your points will be worth one cent per point. This is kind of a fun way to use your points and also get extra perks along with your hotel booking.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Amex Platinum cardholders also get a $200 credit toward bookings with fine hotels and resorts. So you can actually pay with a combination of cash and points, and then you'll get the $200 reimbursement as a statement credit and all those perks, and your points will be worth one cent per point. This is kind of a fun way to use your points and also get extra perks along with your hotel booking.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

Amex Platinum cardholders also get a $200 credit toward bookings with fine hotels and resorts. So you can actually pay with a combination of cash and points, and then you'll get the $200 reimbursement as a statement credit and all those perks, and your points will be worth one cent per point. This is kind of a fun way to use your points and also get extra perks along with your hotel booking.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

As a theme park lover, I definitely want to use my Amex hotel credit for that one day.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Where 100,000 Points Can Take You: First Class Seats, Five-Star Suites and VIP Upgrades

As a theme park lover, I definitely want to use my Amex hotel credit for that one day.