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Maximiles/I-points not making any sense?

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I have just been looking through thr maximiles site and trying to see which is a better value voucher to save towards.

I see many pages are the same in terms of £15 voucher =, £30 voucher =, £50 voucher =...etc

But it doesn't make any sense to save for a higher priced voucher- it works out you get more for your points if you get the cheaper vouchers! Anyone else found this or is this my fading maths skills?

Here are the stats:

Maximiles/i-points says
£15 voucher = 3700 points which costs 246.6' points per £1
£30 voucher = 7400 points which costs 246' points per £1
£45 voucher = 11500 points which costs 255.5' points per £1
£50 voucher = 12500 points which costs 250 points per £1
£60 voucher = 16000 points which costs 266.6' points per £1

So basicly the more you want to spend, the more it will cost you to spend.....

Is this just me here or is this a flaw. It seems to affect many of the vouchers.

Comments

  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    I was looking at this only the other day, and basically you're right, there do seem to be some 'inconsistencies' in the Maximiles voucher pricing. For example a £30 Amazon voucher is better value at 8,000 points than a £50 one for 14,000 points; for Argos getting a £15 voucher for 3,700 points gives a better return than buying a £45 or £50 voucher, and so forth. And it actually does matter - I came across someone only yesterday in another forum bragging on how they'd just cashed in 28,000 points for a £110 worth of Argos vouchers. If they'd put a bit more thought into to it they could have had £115 worth of vouchers and left themselves with 600 points to spare.
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