I searched before I posted and could not find this, please forgive if dupe. I was rooting around the redesigned ThankYou network and saw that the products with descriptions are similar to what Amazon lists. It seems that they are rewarding Amazon.com products with a multiple of 153.86 (I suck at math). I.E. Do a search for ASUS EEEPC 1000H
Also notice the description is exactly the same along with the images. ThankYou most likely used the Amazon SDK and just added a multiple to denote the required points. $1 = 153.86 points is what I gather from a few cursory searches. Its actually cheaper to just get the Amazon giftcards from thank you (yes, they are still there but wont come up in searches) if you want products. If you choose to be rewarded in Amazon GCs, the multiple changes to $1 = 120 points if you opt for the $50 Amazon gift card or $1 = 140 points for the $25 gift card. I hate math. Hope this helps someone else, because it surely helped me. |
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- TheGhoul
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- Aagiants
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thanks- as a general rule of thumb i find that individual products are usually marked up in all rewards programs... Luckily my card is eligible for fixed flight purchase on the TY network!! |
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- vital15
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I did a similar comparison of booking a flight through the online Thankyou interface (powered by Expedia), and an actual seach by Expedia. The conversion rate is 100 points = $1. Specifically, the flight I checked was 62,900 points on TYN, and $630 on Expedia. Of course 100 points = $1 is the same conversion rate used for $100 gift cards. |
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- hellyea81
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If you pick gift cards over $100, usually you'll get $1/1 point which is a better value. Not sure if they have Amazon cards at this value. |
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- PMonkeyDishwasher
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TheGhoul said:Its actually cheaper to just get the Amazon giftcards from thank you (yes, they are still there but wont come up in searches) if you want products. |
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- vish9821
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i used to do the same for bestbuy and Circuit City and CompUSA...they used to have $100 for 10,000points which is good...but now its a little more points i think its 14,000points for those then before...but the best one for your buck...is Sears...so far that i have searched....NEW DISHWASHER here it comes |
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- vish9821
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i used to do the same for bestbuy and Circuit City and CompUSA...they used to have $100 for 10,000points which is good...but now its a little more points i think its 14,000points for those then before...but the best one for your buck...is Sears...so far that i have searched....NEW DISHWASHER here it comes |
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- scripta
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hellyea81 said:If you pick gift cards over $100, usually you'll get $1/1 point which is a better value. Not sure if they have Amazon cards at this value.I don't see any $100 gift cards right now (except the visa ones for 140). Effin Citi. |
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- vital15
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Not sure where you're looking, but there are still lots of $100 gift cards for 10,000 points. Look under retail store gift cards. scripta said:hellyea81 said:If you pick gift cards over $100, usually you'll get $1/1 point which is a better value. Not sure if they have Amazon cards at this value.I don't see any $100 gift cards right now (except the visa ones for 140). Effin Citi. |
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- aleck
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I found with most rewards points buying stuff directly from TYN site is a waste of points. |
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- tontot
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- defjukie
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too bad they don't have $100 Amazon cards anymore... I don't like having to spend 6000 points on a $50 card. |
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- hiroler
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i had 4500 points hanging out for a year or so and coincidently just cashed 3500 in for a $25 gas card.. this is slightly better than mypoints although there's a lot more ways to get mypoints. |
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- FW10001
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Aagiants said:thanks- as a general rule of thumb i find that individual products are usually marked up in all rewards programs... which card, and how many pts for a round-trip ticket? thanks! |
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- PennStater
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Thanks for the Amazon link, I could not find those. What happened to the Hollywood Movie Money certificates?? I cannot find those now on the site and I had it saved to my wishlist and it's gone?? Pennstater |
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- v999
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- reddykiran
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v999 said:defjukie said:too bad they don't have $100 Amazon cards anymore... I don't like having to spend 6000 points on a $50 card. hadn't the deflation started already? but I won't hold my breath for this to come down to 5000 again... pal |
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- VanceWade
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Was on ty site yesterday and noticed that much of the merchandise such as jewelry is "on sale" for half the normal number of TYP. |
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- LH2004
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VanceWade said:Was on ty site yesterday and noticed that much of the merchandise such as jewelry is "on sale" for half the normal number of TYP.Further edit: the so-called reductions look like they correspond to Amazon's discounts off of list price, at the same 153.86/$ exchange rate. |
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