👜 PSA: Don't hoard loyalty points or miles

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Greetings Reader,

I recently saw a Reddit thread in which someone lost ALL of their Chipotle reward points because they hadn't used their account to make a purchase in 6 months.

Absolutely brutal. Four burritos gone! (and in this economy, that's real money!)

I talked about it briefly on IG but the lesson is clear - don't hold onto reward points. They don't go up in value.

More below... (and a resource to help you understand the biggest programs)

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🦉 Never ever hoard reward points

I love reward programs and have been known to accidentally save up points.

But there are two important reasons why you shouldn't:

👉 Why you should never hoard loyalty or reward points

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We fly Southwest pretty often and despite the recent changes, we probably will continue to fly them as they have so many convenient flights out of Baltimore.

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Jim

PS. I'm a devout Costco member, but Sam's Club is running a sale on their membership so that it's only $20. (the checkout says expires 4/30 but the terms & conditions say 5/12).

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