Just logged on and found that LL Bean and Lands End gift cards are now 10,000 points for $100.
It was good while it lasted. Perhaps I should cash my points in before they raise premium levels again.

Do you guys there is a risk of the ThankYou points either being canceled, or significantly devalued? I currently have a bunch of them and am planning to use them for a fixed-point flight. However, I don't anticipate taking an expensive flight any time soon, so is there a reason just to use them quickly instead of waiting to get the maximum value? What is the historical precedent with reward programs when banks/airlines/etc went under?

What happened to Amazom GC?

The $100 GC has been gone for months, however, which is depressing.

I have almost 120K TY Points I been saving to take a trip to Asia but I'm not ready to go just yet.

Any opinions on how safe these points are with what we been hearing about the problems Citi's having ?

I decided to cash out. Got some GCs to Cabela's so I can go buy a gun while I still can.

phoebez said:Does anyone think that the Shell Gas gift cards are coming back?

When did these disappear?
Sometime after August, which was when I got a couple of them.

And no, I don't think they're coming back.

Zoningman said:Earlier this week I redeemed Citi Thank You points by requesting an Apple Gift Card. My wife wants an iPhone and about 25,000 points will pay for one ($195 gift card)

I would highly recommend you read the rest of this thread..

Staples and Sears $100 GC for 10,000 points seems pretty good to me no?

I redeemed some TYP this morning for 2 fixed point flights. And the 'taxes & fees' quoted to me were different from what I was seeing on Expedia. I remember that in the past, the 'taxes & fees' that I had to pay for fixed point redemptions always used to match those shown on Expedia. And this made it easier for me to pick the right set of flights, so that I stay under the $400 base fare limit.

But this morning, for my particular flight combination, Expedia was showing a base fare of $398 and taxes of $39. But TY CSR quoted me a base fare of $365 and taxes of $72. One reason for the difference, according to him, was that TY considers fuel surcharges as part of 'taxes&fees', but Expedia shows them as part of the 'base fare'.

Has anyone who recently booked using fixed point redemption noticed this discrepancy?

I feel that Citi is pushing more and more costs of their travel redemption onto the users. Fuel surcharges for intl tickets are usually very high. If we have to pay for fuel surcharges in addition to the taxes&fees, the fixed point redemption option is not going to be that attractive anymore.