Be sure to claim your credit by
buying airline gift cards in $ 50 increments.
Some fliers have had success getting that $ 200 reimbursement for the «fee» of
buying airline gift cards; dining and spa credits and other exclusive perks on hotel rooms booked through AmEx can be worth $ 150 or more per night, he said.
You can maximize the $ 100 airline fee credit by
buying Airline gift cards in small value ($ 25, $ 50).
It's possible that
buying airline gift cards could count towards the $ 100 airline incidental statement credit (like it has been in my experience with the American Express Platinum card), but I haven't confirmed that yet!
Most people
buy airline gift cards.
Sure, you could
buy airline gift cards and hope that they trigger the rebate (they probably will) but now you're in the realms of making an effort to get value and you're running a risk that the rebate never materializes.
At the very least, you should be able to
buy an airline gift card that doesn't expire.
Not exact matches
American Express Gold
Card users can use their points to shop (both through online vendors and Amazon),
buy gift cards, pay off a charge on your bill, book flights and hotels, pay for Uber rides, and transfer points for
airline frequent flyer miles or hotel points.
American Express Gold
Card users can use their points to shop (both through online vendors and Amazon),
buy gift cards, pay off a charge on your bill, book flights and hotels, pay for Uber rides, and transfer points for
airline frequent flyer miles or hotel points.
Points can be converted into cash, transferred to loyalty programs, used to
buy airline tickets, hotel stays,
gift cards or merchandise.
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Can you
buy a $ 50 or $ 100 Delta
gift card through Delta
Airlines within the first 2 or 3 months and expect to get the $ 50 or $ 100 statement credit based on which credit
card someone applied for?
If you're
buying shower
gifts online, your credit
card issuer may have a shopping portal that offers extra rewards, or you can shop through an
airline shopping portal or a cash back portal such as Ebates.com or TopCashBack.com.
Remember, you can't
buy $ 200 worth of
airline gift cards and then say the «effective» annual fee of the Platinum is $ 250 if you wouldn't have normally spent that money on an
airline.
And if you
buy a merchant
gift card for a restaurant,
airline, or other store, then there is often no fee at all.
In the past, I've used my
airline incidental credit to
buy American
Airlines gift cards.
There are a few restrictions so you can't earn the bonus simply
buy buying gift cards or points directly from the
airline.
I made a run to Costco today to
buy some American
Airlines gift cards at 10 % off.
There is a cap of $ 750 for your annual rebate, and you would have to
buy $ 2,750 in American
Airlines gift cards in order to get a $ 55 credit and break even on the higher membership fee.
Amex
gift card — $ 500.00 Donate to charity — $ 1000.00 New York City Taxis — $ 1000.00 Reserve flights via Amex Travel — up to $ 2000.00 (with 50 % points refund) Reserve prepaid hotels via Amex — $ 700.00 Shop with MR points — $ 500.00 Shop with Points at Amazon — $ 700.00 Telecharge — $ 500.00 Ticketmaster — $ 500.00 Third - party
gift cards — up to $ 500.00 Transfer to
airline / hotel partners — sky is the limit Transfer to Plenti — $ 800.00 Uber — $ 1000.00 Use points at Best
Buy — $ 700.00 Use points for Airbnb — $ 700.00 Use points for charges — $ 600.00
Remember that you can also use the
airline credit to
buy certain
airline gift cards, like American
Airlines, but don't do more than $ 100 at a time.
Last fall, Marriott & Delta, United, & Southwest
Airlines teamed up to allow frequent flyers to earn miles when
buying gift cards.
I did this last year and I earned
airline points when I
bought the
gift cards and Marriott points on all my stays, truly maximizing my earnings!
If you got this offer and do no have any immediate travel plans, you may be able to
buy gift cards and get the statement credit (make sure those transactions are processed by the
Airline — ex: American
Airlines)
Some suggest you
buy airline»
gift cards; but does the
card really gives you statement credit for that??
Make sure you know what you're getting before you
buy... (See
Airline gift card)
You could use this program to
buy gift cards at Office Supply stores — while you'd normally earn 5X Ultimate Rewards with Chase Ink
card, those don't transfer to American
Airlines miles, so 3X here is still a pretty good temporary offer.
Southwest purchases include anything you
buy directly from the
airline, such as flights, in - flight food and beverages, Southwest
gift cards and vacation packages.
These 50,000 bonus miles let you redeem $ 500 on any of your travel purchases (you can
buy your travel tickets from any website or any travel agency and on any
airline), or you can use them to redeem for other rewards such as merchandise or
gift cards.
Can I designate WN as my
airline and
buy gift cards from Southwest and then use the
gift cards to Pay for the flights?
Not only does it have a very valuable sign - up bonus, but it also offers the following perks: access to the Ultimate Rewards Mall to get bonus points for all shopping 5 points per dollar at Office Supply stores (to
buy gift cards to Sephora, Macy's, Home Depot, etc before shopping) transfer to top
airline and hotel programs such as United
Airlines, British Airways, Southwest
Airlines and Hyatt Gold Passport.
$ 100
airline fee credit each year (for incidental fees, rather than tickets, but can be used to
buy gift cards good for airfare from
airlines like Delta)
Your submission of a
Buy Miles or
Gift Miles purchase, or a Share Miles transfer form authorizes American
Airlines, or its agent, to charge the credit
card that you provided, for the number of AAdvantage miles purchased by such AAdvantage member.
Again, since the Amex incidental fee credit doesn't technically work with
airline gift cards, nothing is guaranteed here and you don't have much recourse if you
buy a
gift card and it doesn't result in a statement credit to your account.
If you'd rather use this fee for your plane ticket, you can
buy a
gift card from your chosen
airline.