Dlynn Posted April 21, 2007 #1 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is the RCCL Visa a good travel reward program? I had read on a post a while back that there were better travel reward cards. I searched for the post but couldn't find it. Any information will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennbr9 Posted April 22, 2007 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I like our Chase Rewards Visa, have cashed in a number of free flights and does not have to be a certain airline, and no blackout dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morecruisesplz Posted April 22, 2007 #3 Share Posted April 22, 2007 It's hard to beat those FREE 7 night cruises for 2 people when you redeem 125,000 points. We each have a card so that while we're accumlating points for the free cruise on one card we're also building enough for at least a $500 coupon on one of our other cruises for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted April 22, 2007 #4 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Is the RCCL Visa a good travel reward program? I had read on a post a while back that there were better travel reward cards. I searched for the post but couldn't find it. Any information will be appreciated. Looks to me like you are basically getting a 1% rebate (which you have to use on RCCL) and thats kind of the minimum for most any other "rewards" card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxiecat3 Posted April 22, 2007 #5 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Looks to me like you are basically getting a 1% rebate (which you have to use on RCCL) and thats kind of the minimum for most any other "rewards" card. Actually, a lot of the free cruises, upgrades & companion fare specials are 2%. Just redeemed for a free cruise for 2 and the actual percentage was about 2.2% due to double points on RCI purchases. Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elleluv Posted April 22, 2007 #6 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Actually, a lot of the free cruises, upgrades & companion fare specials are 2%. Just redeemed for a free cruise for 2 and the actual percentage was about 2.2% due to double points on RCI purchases.Gregg This got me curious, so I did some math... We've always redeemed our point for 2% rewards as well. Once I calculated $$ spent for the points, our return is 3.298%, which I think is great. That includes the bonus points for opening the card and a lot of RCCL double points. I like our RCCL Visa, but we also have a Delta AmEx and and Alaska Airlines Visa. We get our double points whenever we can and have used milage for 8 free flights in the past year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxiecat3 Posted April 22, 2007 #7 Share Posted April 22, 2007 This got me curious, so I did some math... We've always redeemed our point for 2% rewards as well. Once I calculated $$ spent for the points, our return is 3.298%, which I think is great. That includes the bonus points for opening the card and a lot of RCCL double points. I like our RCCL Visa, but we also have a Delta AmEx and and Alaska Airlines Visa. We get our double points whenever we can and have used milage for 8 free flights in the past year. You got me curious because my percentage was on total money charged. Since I am reimbursed for company business expenses I was curious what my actual out-of-pocket cost was. I only charged $38,000+ personally (which isn't hard when I charge just about everything) and the rest was double points or business. That would bring my return up to 6.5%. If you could use your card for nothing but business, your return could be huge. Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zantedeschia Posted April 22, 2007 #8 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I like our Chase Rewards Visa, have cashed in a number of free flights and does not have to be a certain airline, and no blackout dates I'm gonna me-too the Chase card. Although my Chase card is specific to Onepass, those miles sure add up quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlynn Posted April 23, 2007 Author #9 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Thank you for the information. I have a Chase Rewards Card but I only get information on redeeming the points for retail stores and restaurants. I need to call. Maybe I can change to the travel reward card. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue L Posted April 23, 2007 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Thank you for the information. I have a Chase Rewards Card but I only get information on redeeming the points for retail stores and restaurants. I need to call. Maybe I can change to the travel reward card. Thanks. My chase card atm/card also gives points for using the debit portion of the card also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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