#1 principle
Standardized
Same basket, every destination.
Five honest calculators. Each reports native units (points, miles, dollars) with a conservative 1¢/pt cash-back floor. No inflated valuations. No "TPG worth" magic.
Honest answers. Native units, conservative floors, no inflated valuations.
Sample output
Sapphire Reserve breaks even at $4,200/yr at typical category mix.
This month
5 SUBs above 100k points as of May 2026.
Native units · 1¢/pt floor
Amex Gold earns ~$1,150/yr at typical spend.
Hotel basket + your daily-spend
Tokyo · 7 nights · hotel ~$1,505 + your daily-spend $80×7 = $560 → ~$2,065 total.
Compare redemption options
50k Chase points: cash back $500 · portal $750 · Hyatt transfer ~$1,000+.
Anyone can post a price. We publish a standardized, sourced, dated one — and we take no commission on hotel bookings.
#1 principle
Same basket, every destination.
#2 principle
One source per figure. Dated.
#3 principle
Documented, with audit cadence.
#4 principle
We don't earn from your hotel booking.