The usual approach is to point out that
since airline gift cards are reimbursed at face value, you're «actually» paying $ 200 (American Express Platinum) or $ 300 (Chase Ritz Carlton) less per calendar year than the annual fee would suggest.
Not exact matches
Since he was born on Spirit
Airlines, the
airline offered him a special
gift every year on his birthday: a free flight for him and a guest wherever Spirit travels.
Since you can't transfer points to the Amex partner
airlines, the next best thing is to redeem them for
gift cards or Uber rides.
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.