At the end of last year, I noticed a lot of readers in a mad rush to use up their travel credits on different premium cards at the absolute last minute. As we also saw last year, loopholes do get closed (e.g MPX no longer works for the American Express Platinum card) so I’d strongly recommend using your travel credits sooner rather than later.
What does/doesn’t trigger the airline credit varies by card. Across all cards airline incidentals count so if you frequently make these types of purchases then it’s worth saving your travel credit for those purchases.
- What Triggers The Chase Sapphire Reserve Airline CreditÂ
- What Triggers The Citi Prestige Airline Credit
- What Triggers The Ritz-Carlton Airline Credit
- What Triggers The City National Bank Airline Credit
- What Triggers The American Express Airline Credit
Even if you don’t/can’t use these credits up early, I’d set yourself reminders for later in the year. Remember that the Chase Sapphire Reserve & Citi Prestige cards require that your transaction post to your December statement for 2017 (rather than being based on a calendar year) to be eligible so I’d set yourself a reminder for November to use up any credits to make sure they’ll post on your December statement.
