Learn how to redeem and get the most out of your points & miles

If you’ve gone through the work of earning your miles & points, it’s important to explore the different options of redeeming your rewards to fully maximize their worth. There are so many ways to use points and miles but we recommend only using travel purchases, as opposed to using them to buy merchandise or concert tickets. This is because using rewards for travel such as plane tickets and hotel stays almost always offers the very best value.

Beyond that, you’ll need to know the best ways to use those hard-earned rewards and often times that varies from the different rewards programs. In this page we’ll help unlock secrets from our experts to help you make your points go further.

Bank points

• Best use of Chase Ultimate Rewards
• Best use of Amex rewards
• Best use of Capital One miles
• Best use of Citi ThankYou points

Airlines miles

• Best use of American Airlines miles
• Best use of Southwest points
• Best use of Delta miles
• Best use of United miles

Hotel points

• Best use of Hilton Honor points
• Best use of Marriott points
• Best use of IHG points
• Best use of Hyatt points