Just made my first major points redemption

for someone who has never flown in anything better than an economy bulkhead/exit row seat.....gotta say im pumped. as someone who had paid with a debit card for everything up until like 6 months ago, this has been a truly eye opening experience

flying business on turkish from houston to istanbul (and then economy from istanbul to cappadoccia) for 90k points (total for both) through air canada. combined itinerary is going for 4150 on turksih so almost 4.5 cpp. know most people say shoot for at least 5 on long haul business redemptions but figure thats close enough for an inflexible date and location

on the return back, flying economy through turkish from amman to london. 33k points for what is essentialy $1500 after fees. just over 5 cpp on that redemption which feels like a good redemption

but that is essentially a repositiong flight for the first class booking that i made with BA to go from london to houston. know BA is considered a joke and their first class is referred to as a really nice business class and theres a chance i wont have time for the concord lounge which is where a lot of the BA first class value comes from but still hyped. 85k points and $750 for what is typically a $15k flight. over 15 cpp redemption