[YMMV] American Express 30% Off When You Pay With Points For Domestic/International Flights

The Offer

• American Express are targeting some cardholders to receive a 30% rebate when they use Amextravel.com to book international or domestic flights (some offers are for domestic only and some are for international only). You’ll receive a pop up when searching for flights on Amextravel.com if you’re targeted (see below)

The Fine Print

• Valid until April 30th
• Minimum of 5,000 points required
• Must be targeted for this promotion

Our Verdict

American Express Business Platinum & Centurion cardholders get a 30% rebate (although you can only choose one airline to receive this rebate with), this is slightly better on this deal as you get the points as a rebate rather than a discount (meaning you can get a rebate on your rebate). This looks like American Express are testing this on other card’s as well. When using pay with points, you get 1¢ per point in value. This would mean you’d be getting an extra 30% in value.

Just remember that American Express also has a lot of airline transfer partners and you might be better offer transferring to an airline and booking an award flight instead of using pay with points.

Hat tip to life_is_to_live on /r/churning