Pointshub - Frequent Flyer & Hotel Points Calculator

What are your points actually worth?

Five free tools and an independent valuation for every major loyalty program — built on real fares and real award seats, with the working shown.

The toolkit

Five tools, all free

Each one answers a different question. Start wherever your decision is.

Cost and Value
What a point costs you to earn and what it's worth when you redeem it — for your program, at your status tier, in your currency.
Redemptions
Price a real trip you want to take. Get cents per point, and whether that redemption is good, fair or poor value against our benchmark.
Transfers
The value gained or lost moving points between programs, after transfer ratios and bonuses are applied.
Transfer Scenarios
The same flight, booked through different programs. Work out where your Amex or bank points should actually land.
Compare Programs
Every program we track, ranked by effective cash back — plus what it costs to reach each status tier.
Programs

Which points are worth collecting?

Effective cash back is the redemption value of a point divided by what it costs to earn. A 2% rate means every $100 of spend earns points worth $2 in travel.

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Methodology

We show the working

No affiliate deals, no sponsored rankings. Every number on this site is traceable to the basket of fares and award seats behind it.

01

We collect real fares

Cash fares across routes and cabins, gathered on a schedule, become each program's fare basket — the honest measure of what a point costs to earn.

02

We price real redemptions

Award seats are priced against the cash fare they replace, net of taxes and carrier charges. That basket sets the redemption value.

03

We show the working

Every figure links back to the basket behind it. You can filter by cabin, route and fare type to get a number that matches how you actually travel.

Free To Use

Pointshub is free and always will be. We don't run affiliate links — your support is what keeps it independent.

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Pointshub Insights & Analysis

Latest analysis

Long-form work on where the value actually sits — and where programs quietly move it.

Analysis
7 min read
Airline Gold status and hotel top-tier perks feel like luxury, but qualifying often requires spending tens of thousands of dollars. We calculate the exact out-of-pocket spend needed across major programs.
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