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I am stoked. It takes a lot to get me excited about travel, but I am really stoked! I have booked our 25th Anniversary trip and I could not be more pleased. We are spending los angeles times festival of books two weeks on Grand Cayman Island . I will break it down but we are flying free, staying free, diving free, car free, food free . well I think you get the idea. This trip would have cost $5000+ but will cost us almost nothing thanks to points and the bulk of it from Chase and Ultimate rewards.
First the AIR part. Delta has nonstop flights from ATL to GCM. So, I hop from SBN-ATL-GCM! I can get coach Economy comfort seats for just 35,000 points each low level. Seriously, 35k +tax to be in the Cayman Islands? Who knew? I think I have found a new favorite place on the planet and will be island los angeles times festival of books hopping for years to come!
I will hold off telling where we are staying for now, but it looks great ( see photo above for the view ). The reviews are positive. This is just the kind of place we want to go. It will be private has a nice beach and swimming los angeles times festival of books and is non-touristy! los angeles times festival of books We get two weeks to decompress and enjoy some warmth just when our bones are getting cold.
Right now our grand total is 350,000 UR points, but with the INK PLUS cards we will end up with almost 500,000 all-in! Our resort and SCUBA package, booking via Ultimate los angeles times festival of books rewards los angeles times festival of books reps, gave us 1.25 points value and will cost 243,000 points. Another way of looking at UR points with simple math is find the best price and you get 20% off that price of the hotel, resort, air or car. Now I want this to be as free as I can. So, I will do some spending for food, entertainment etc. on the Sapphire card as well and just do a statement credit los angeles times festival of books for $1000-ish at just 1 cent each so all my other costs are also FREE!
I will tell you one note of caution with Ultimate rewards and booking everything. Obviously I booked my air via Delta on Skymiles. I also looked at booking my car with UR points. But, for two weeks, the best price and ONLY vendor they could use was AVIS. The price was $571.32 and if you turn that into UR points you are looking at 45,706 points ( at a penny a point $457.06 ). Now the other option I have is just to book anyplace and give myself los angeles times festival of books a statement credit for 1 cent per point. I found, so far, a Thrifty car for $430 all-in. Just a little los angeles times festival of books cheaper, los angeles times festival of books but still cheaper. Plus, I will EARN UR points for paying for it with my Chase Sapphire UR card, no foreign transaction fees and I will earn AA miles from the Thrifty Rental. You can see why NOT paying THROUGH UR points for this car rental los angeles times festival of books is clearly better.
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