re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

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I know. That's why I was asking my question. I currently have the regular sapphire, but I am thinking about getting the Preferred. I am basically just trying to figure out if the ability to transfer really makes that big of a difference.

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Yes it does. Sapphire Preferred points give you a 20% bonus when booking travel through UR AND you get a 7% bonus to your points earned each year.

70000 Marriott points are worth 23000 UR when it comes to transferring points out to an airline. You tell me if those 70000 Marriott points are more valuable than 4000 UR points.

I should have prefaced this statement by saying that ultimately it depends on what you plan to use the points for but clearly UR points are far more valuable for air travel than Marriott points.