International Credit Card Points, Who Wins?
International Credit Card Points, Who Wins?
Here are the countries.
America
UK
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Germany
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I did get inspired by a TPG article a long time ago but that was very flawed so I am going to do a non flawed version. Now here each mile is a currency so what we need to do is convert to USD and compare the rate.
USA
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 3x-5x .
Welcome offers about 100k.
4 “banks” that transfer 1:1.
Currency Conversion is 1:1
Recoup fee
UK
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 1x-2x .
Welcome offers about 100k.
2 “banks” that transfer 1:1-2:1.
Currency Conversion is 1.35 at time so 1.35:1.
Not Recoup Fee
Australia
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 3x-5x .
Welcome offers about 100k.
Was 2 now 1 “banks” that transfer 3:1.
Currency Conversion is 0.66 so 2:1
Almost most cards recoup.
Canada
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 2x-5x .
Welcome offers about 80k.
2 “banks” that transfer 1:0.75 or 1:1.
Currency Conversion is 0.73 so 0.73:0.75 or 0.73:1
Recoup fee
New Zealand
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 2x all .
Welcome offers about 20k.
1 “banks” that transfer 2:1 or 3:1.
Currency Conversion is 0.58 so 1.16:1 or 1.74:1
Recoup fee
Germany
Credit Card Bonus Categories are 1x all .
Welcome offers are about euro 72.
1 “banks” that transfer 4:3.
Currency Conversion is 1.17 so 4.68:3
Not Recoup fee
Winner is USA or Canada
That is all for today.