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No luck on my everyday card. Not one gift card is discounted.
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I can't seem to add them to my cart, just continuously shows a rogress spinner. I tried from my phone and pc, tried different cards, different quantities.
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I just sold it on giftcard sites and opted for amazon giftcard payout for an extra 6%.
How do you sell points to brokers?
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Same issue, no travel for me so this is a good deal.
also, some ppl like to use points for business class travel and impute the value based on actual business class ticket prices so the value seems...
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At what amount of points does this sort of travel redemption become possible? I have looked into travel with AmEx points but haven't ever found an exchange that I can do. Is it only useful on...
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Thanks bought $250 itunes gift cards.
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Thanks for this info! Yeah, I have 50K points and don't use the card much so some gift cards are probably the best route for me.
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I transferred my points from Amex to a airline partner for a 30% bonus. You can get sleeper cabins to Japan that would usually cost like 8k per ticket for 130k points.
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30k accumulated over 19 years?
Not that I'm a big spender, but these days I can accrue ~30k (various credit card pts) every 2 months or so.
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I hate traveling economy but don’t want to spend the money to upgrade most of the time. If I can fly in a premium seat for the same or slightly more amount of money I will. That’s where these points...
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For those with a lot of points you should skip the gift cards and cash out with Schwab. Same 1.25c/point rate your getting with these discount gift-cards but more streamlined for large numbers of...
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Other than travel or selling your MR, can you provide better values on MR? Thanks
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I've had my Amex Blue since 2000 and this is literally the first time I've bothered to redeem those worthless points lol. And FML I'm just 6 points away from 30k :\
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But some of us who are 6’6” do relish not having our knees in our faces for a flight
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What do you guys use the it iTunes gift cards for? Other than music and app store?
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This was on my AmEx Everyday Card. YMMV, as I see earlier posts that the discounts may vary.
Gap (20% off):
$10 - 800 points
$25 - 2000 points
$50 - 4000 points
$100 - 8000 points
Home...
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Thanks OP!
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Same, and if I do travel on airlines I have status on I only get 1cent an MR point. The Home Depot deal at 1.25cents an MR point is pretty decent for buying stuff.
Here's an article on point...
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Thanks, was waiting for some sort of discount to spend all my points, was able to get $500 Home Depot, an extra $100.
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Same situation.
Tried Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Edge browser. All same, just circle.
EDIT:
Do mobile browser. It works.
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Me too but you can do better I booked business class ticket to Korea I only paid 95k mr and sold 2500 bucks to my cousin and friends
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I have to learn this points to travel miles game better. It seems confusing to me, but that's because I haven't really dove into it yet. I know I'll have to open up reward accounts with the airline I...
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Yeah that makes sense thanks
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Same. I tried a Windows pc, iOS phone, and android browser. I even tried adding non sale and different gift cards. Still spinning.
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I am increasingly convinced that I need to replace my Blue Cash Everyday card with an MR card.
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Care to elaborate? I have a shit ton of points but never know what to use it for. Saw a lot of ppl transfer to travel but I do almost no personal travel... so end up getting discounted gift cards.
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Basically people use MR points for first / business class international air travel which ends up valuing the points at 3-6 cents per point. What they don't factor is that a bigger seat, less crappy...
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I transferred my points to air Canada and used my points on Swiss airline to travel to India for 160k points round trip per person. Things might have changed a little now but not a lot.
It makes...
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If you have an Amex Plat for Schwab. Amex Plat was good when I traveled, but I downgraded to Gold to save on that $550 annual fee. I get there are better deals if you're willing to do some card...
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I always just get statement credit..
One of my cards (I can't recall which) actually gives you less for your money if go with a gift card instead of just redeeming as statement credit (e.g. 6000...
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Ah, OK, sorry, missed the sarcasm. I agree with you. For those looking for "cash back" instead of travel, these discounted gift cards are good options.
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Deal is good til 7/31 so go earn those 6 points!
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Same. Tried multiple browsers too.
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If you transfer points for airlines, wait for AMEX to have a bonus. Check your MR account frequently until your airline pops up. I've seen just about every one on there with bonuses ranging from...
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I can relate, it is the last card I pull out. I think I have only my signup bonus points on account for the past 5 years.
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Which American carrier is best to transfer points to?
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Your favourite carrier.
One could argue the best redemption value is to Etihad, but it doesn't really apply to 99% of us (me included). IMO the best value is to use it on the next flight you want...
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If you don’t travel then I guess gift cards is a decent redemption but if you do travel then this is a bad idea. I usually transfer all my points to airline partners and travel business class because...
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Thanks for the info. Wow, that is a crazy good deal. Unfortunately I'm nowhere near that many points so the Home Depot gift cards will suit me fine for now.
Thanks OP!
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Here's a good explanation/guide of all your options for MR points: https://thepointsguy.com/guide/redeeming-american-express-membership-rewards-maximum-value/
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