Following up here a few months later... I thought this syntax worked, and
it does let me (in Fava) view either the actual cost (POINT) or the
effective cost (in USD). However, it doesn't respect the exchange rate
suggested by the syntax here, it uses an historical PRICE set elswhere.
I've opened an issue with Fava to try to understand this
(https://github.com/beancount/fava/issues/1827), but repeated here,
I'd expect:
2024-06-21 * "Delta BOS>SEA"
Expenses:Travel:Air
Assets:Other:MiscPoints -363.48 USD @@ 24232 POINT
To cost me 363.48 USD, but it uses the historical POINT price of 0.01 USD,
so it cost $242.32. However, for this one transaction I got a 50 % bonus on
my points, which is why I could by something worth ~360 for only ~24000.
I can get the conversion correct for this transaction with
"Assets:Other:MiscPoints -363.48 USD {0.15 POINT}", but then Fava displays
it all in USD, not in cost (POINT). It didn't actually cost me $363 USD, so
I don't want that display...
On Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:31:13 AM UTC-7 [email protected]
wrote:
> Maybe try:
> Assets:Points -400 USD @@ 40000 POINT
>
> I'm not sure what Fava will render this as, but if you care about the
> total cost in points more than the exchange rate then this is clearer in
> your ledger.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Timothy Jesionowski
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 10:34 AM Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like to be able to see (in Fava) the total expenses (USD only) vs the
>> total cost (USD, POINT, MILE) of a vacation I took, where some of the
>> expenses were paid with points and miles.
>>
>> How should I book these transactions?
>>
>> For this transaction,
>>
>> 2024-01-01 price POINT 0.01 USD
>> 2024-01-19 * "Hotel"
>> Expenses:Travel:Lodging
>> Liabilities:CC -68.30 USD
>> Assets:Points -40000 POINT
>>
>> I've tried
>>
>> 1) Assets:Points -40000 POINT
>> 2) Assets:Points -40000 POINT @ 0.01 USD
>> 3) Assets:Points -40000 POINT {0.01 USD}
>>
>> (2) and (3) always show up as USD, even if I select "At cost" or "Units"
>> in Fava
>>
>> (1) does what I want... but relies on the 'global' POINT -> USD
>> conversion. I'm wondering if there is an explicit conversion method like
>> (2) or (3) though, because if I have several point accounts, and am
>> regularly spending points at different values with different merchants, I'd
>> prefer to track conversion per-transaction than update a global value. The
>> global value doesn't work if I have two transactions in the same day with
>> different conversions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -k.
>>
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