“Why do I end up having to pay $800, $900 or more on top of my tens of thousands of points for a reward flight to Europe?”
That’s a question we receive at least a couple of times per month from visitors to the site in which credit card holders ask why they still have to pay upwards of $1,000 or more on flights to Europe when redeeming 50,000, 60,000, 65,000 or 70,000 points for the reward.
We tackle this subject and answer the question in our latest Loyalty Lesson: “Why credit card reward charts rarely provide good value for economy class flights to Europe”. Examples are given in the lesson showing how the reward charts work and how they are not the greatest options for flights from Canada to Europe. The lesson also goes on to provide information and examples of programs that do provide good value for economy class flights across the Atlantic.
You can read the entire Loyalty Lesson here: https://www.rewardscanada.ca/credit-card-rewards-charts-europe.html