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It’s a Trap! AVOID This Chase Ultimate Rewards Points “Deal”

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    e!  That’s why I must warn you to stay FAR away from this Chase Ultimate Rewards points deal — especially during the holiday season.

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    instance, I got ~2.5 cents per point when I moved my Chase points into the Hyatt loyalty program to stay at the awesome Hyatt Zilara all-inclusive on the beach in Cancun.

    I Flipped My Chase Ultimate Rewards Points Into Hyatt Points.  And I Took This Photo From the Balcony of My Suite at the Hyatt Zilara Cancun.  Inside the Room I Had a Jacuzzi That Looked Out This Same Way, a Huge Comfy Bed, and Bottles of Liqu

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    And I got ~5.7 cents per point when I moved my Chase Ultimate Rewards points into the United Airlines loyalty program to book round-trip Business Class flights to Europe last summer.  I got to sip name-brand cocktails with a proper 3-course meal until I fell asleep in a bed while flying over the Atlantic Ocean.

    With Chase Ultimate Rewards Points I Flew Business Class to Europe and Back

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    cash back.  So if you want money and you earned the 80,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points from the Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card intro bonus after hitting the spending threshold, you’d get $800.

    The Chase Ultimate Rewards Points Deal on Amazon — Avoid

    So I feel obligated to rally against what Amazon is trying to get you to do with Chase Ultimate Rewards points!

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    this reason.  So I asked team member Meghan to check the current value.  She says her 588,523 Chase Ultimate Rewards points show up as being w

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    th $4,708.18 on Amazon.  That’s 0.8 cents.  Less than a penny each!!  (Meghan’s earned lots of points using her Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card to grow her vacation rental business.)

    Am I preaching to the choir here?  Well, if YOU know better already, please pass this along to your friends who DON’T know!  Meghan told me her own sister asked her if she could use Meghan’s Chase Ultimate Rewards points to buy $75 w

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    med her sister that she’d disown her if she touched her collection of Chase Ultimate Rewards points to use them that way.

    Amazon Is Tricking People Out of Their Chase Ultimate Rewards Points With This Deal That Values Chase Points at an Awful 0.8 Cents Each.  It’s Possible to Use Your Points to Get 10X That f

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    Cash Back.

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    anything less than 1 cent per point.  Why?  Because you can just buy the thing with your Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card, etc., to EARN Chase Ultimate Rewards points and then use your stash of points f

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    cash back.  Remember you get 1 cent per point that way.

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    wait until you can get 8 cents per point is totally your prerogative.  But please do not do anything where you get less than 1 cent per Chase point, like with this Amazon offer that shows up in your check-out cart.

    And please pass this along to someone who needs to see this during gift-buying season!

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