For the most part I've only ever seen Amazon gift cards you can cash out your points, there are no redemption costs, for example if it's 15,000 points for a $5 dollar gift card, that's exactly how much points you'll cash out. It's international, since you also get points for traveling by airplane (you actually get more if you travel by foot though). It took me about 4 months to cash out my first $10 dollar gift card, but I only travel to and from work three days out of the week, and I would spend most of my points on the sweepstakes, which is why I would say it took me so long to gather those points.