{"id":13572,"date":"2026-06-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13572"},"modified":"2026-06-16T01:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:13:36","slug":"wisdom-points-are-probably-worth-more-now-than-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/wisdom-points-are-probably-worth-more-now-than-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Thought: Points are Probably Worth More Now than Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally the value of loyalty points goes down over time. There are lots of reasons, but one that eventually affects all programs is inflation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As general costs rise, the number of points you earn with your credit card for buying the same thing also rises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As airfare and hotel rates increase, the number of points you earn for the same price increases<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dollar amount that hotel loyalty programs pay to a property for an award, typically tied to room rate, increases over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other reasons like decreasing liability on corporate books, a desire for increased profits, and a lack of understanding about long term loyalty motivations contribute too. (Marriott: You\u2019re not going to be the corporate king forever even if it feels like it now.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what do we do with that? There\u2019s a 101 and a 201 level answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>101: Earn <em>and burn<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>201: Sell excess now, buy needed later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a nice day friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3b6ebfb-67fb-4f5a-8165-e8ac17088a77-62466-00001a0dae8bc099_file.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13852\" style=\"width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3b6ebfb-67fb-4f5a-8165-e8ac17088a77-62466-00001a0dae8bc099_file.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3b6ebfb-67fb-4f5a-8165-e8ac17088a77-62466-00001a0dae8bc099_file-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">301: Burn and Earn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally the value of loyalty points goes down over time. There are lots of reasons, but one that eventually affects all programs is inflation: Other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13572"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13859,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572\/revisions\/13859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}