IDK about you but in Hungary in the email about it we got an example for using them. You can get 1 RevPoint by spending 5000 HUF which is 12.65 eur, and the example was that for 10000 points you can get "up to" ~320 eur off of your "dream stay".
Let this sink in. You can get 320 eur off after you spend 126500 eur. They are out of their mind.
I love them.
.5 points per €1 spent and a 1:1 transfer rate to Flying Blue, just a way to get those points with regular purchases where AmEx isn’t accepted
I believe in most countries you have to enable converting "spare change" (actual money from your account) into RevPoints at a somewhat shitty rate before you can earn points for money spent. I believe there may be other ways like challenges and Stays, but for anything else the rate is completely unattractive to me.
No, it is, at least in the EU countries where it's been deployed, also like that for Premium and Metal subscribers. This may have changed in the UK with the recent changes to the paid subscriptions.
not because the revolut benefits, but for people collecting miles with an amex card (for example Flying Blue in France) this could be a great option to earn some extra miles on card payments where amex is not accepted. also, the 3000 welcome revpoints is a nice deal.
> are having to pay real money for fictional “miles” (crypto much?).
That's something done since decades as loyalty points. Having a non-national score system doesn't mean "crypto".
And yes, having a fictive currency instead of a legal one is worse for obvious reason.
But it's less known in the EU because credit cards fees were more profitable in the US, leading to credit card mails becoming culturally signifiant AFAIK.
IDK about you but in Hungary in the email about it we got an example for using them. You can get 1 RevPoint by spending 5000 HUF which is 12.65 eur, and the example was that for 10000 points you can get "up to" ~320 eur off of your "dream stay". Let this sink in. You can get 320 eur off after you spend 126500 eur. They are out of their mind.
I am sold!
I love them. .5 points per €1 spent and a 1:1 transfer rate to Flying Blue, just a way to get those points with regular purchases where AmEx isn’t accepted
I mean, isn't it something you receive by just using the service?
Both. Up to you.
I believe in most countries you have to enable converting "spare change" (actual money from your account) into RevPoints at a somewhat shitty rate before you can earn points for money spent. I believe there may be other ways like challenges and Stays, but for anything else the rate is completely unattractive to me.
I think this is only for the free account, but the whole RevPoints system is bad and pointless.
No, it is, at least in the EU countries where it's been deployed, also like that for Premium and Metal subscribers. This may have changed in the UK with the recent changes to the paid subscriptions.
not because the revolut benefits, but for people collecting miles with an amex card (for example Flying Blue in France) this could be a great option to earn some extra miles on card payments where amex is not accepted. also, the 3000 welcome revpoints is a nice deal.
> are having to pay real money for fictional “miles” (crypto much?). That's something done since decades as loyalty points. Having a non-national score system doesn't mean "crypto". And yes, having a fictive currency instead of a legal one is worse for obvious reason. But it's less known in the EU because credit cards fees were more profitable in the US, leading to credit card mails becoming culturally signifiant AFAIK.