SleepyNyte said:pilsah said:Great, just when I'm really getting some points saved up, they go and up the rates. Here are their current rates just in case anyone is interested. The first price listed is for Coach, the second is for Business Class

Mexico 35,000 60,000

They increased europe and hawaii I believe. Now you can fly to the middle east and africa...that is new.

Mexico used to be 30,000, so another increase.
The main worry i have now is that they will start to charge the taxes and fees of the flight tickets. Until now they've always waived the taxes and fees.

Shel said:I would suggest anyone with significant TY points and wish to redeem for fixed-points flights do it ASAP. The very purpose to "introduce" expedia, I believe, is to discontinue the fixed-points flights, so that the bank can cap their cost for each point at 1c.That could very well be true. I hope you're wrong though.

There is no rocket science here

Do a search on TY. Do a search on Expedia. Same options appear, but at 1 cent = 1 point.

New: You can book hotels and vacations this way too.

I also think that the fixed price options are going to be gone very soon. There is a link at the bottom of the page that says the fixed options are available for "eligible members."

You save a little bit on taxes by using TY but overall, this makes the "neat" awards (eg: biz, first class) much less available.

zzyzzx said:Laith said:Banking with them will net you 800 points per month.

Please explain. I could not find anything on their site explaining this. Only points based on dollar amounts spent for checking.Right here.

I just noticed that the Thank You Network now advertises the following:

Expedia.com® is the exclusive travel sponsor of ThankYou Network
Earn points when booking travel on Expedia.com® no matter how you pay.
If you've got a Citi® Credit Card or Debit Card, use it to book your travel and earn even more points.

Clicking through to Expedia, you can sign in to your account, thus earning 1 TY Point per $1 spent with any credit card, for all purchases over $50. This is in addition to your credit card points. This appears to be new, and is a very nice addition.

psychtobe said:warlord001 said:Its 110k-130k TY points to fly to some parts of Asia (China, Vietnam), 110k-130 TY points to some parts of Europe (Germany, England), and around 12,000 - 40,000 TY points for travels within the US. Looks like they've doubled international flights and decreased the prices on shorter flights..Where you fly and land makes a difference. From LAX to LYC (London City Airport) costs 457k TY, but only costs 111k TY from LAX to LON (London Airports).

you are missing the point. There is still the fixed-point option for now, and it's 60k points to Europe. If you chose to use 457,000 points using the flexible-points option, that's your problem.

My bad, I wasnt aware that the fixed-point flights were still available. I thought they were phasing out the fixed-rate flights? Anyway, for the time being, we can use this to our advantage, use flexible points option for shorter flights for shorter distances, and fixed points for long distance. As I noted in another thank-you thread, short flights (ie, under 1 hour flights) costs less on expedia than it would under the old fixed points system.

get 1200 points for each citigold account.
get PP Elite fee waived through citigold
link

yeah, that was pointed out at flyertalk as well. Oh well, they do have some good packages sometimes. I've booked 2 this year at good prices.

breaux124 said:Not as good as I originally thought
http://www.expedia.com/daily/highlights/rewards/Thank-You-Network-Earn.asp?ccheck=1&

What travel items don't qualify for ThankYou Points?

* Stand-alone rental car
* Rental car added on as a post-purchase item
* Activities and services totaling less than $50
* Stand-alone flight
* Flight + rental car package Damn. Oh well, at least hotels aren't excluded. I do book hotels through them now and then.

Just go to citi cards site and look at their rewards cards. The cards that offer 10,000 sign up points seem to change regularly. I received 10,000 for my diamond rewards card, now they are offering 6,000. Look at the cards and keep checking back.