With American Express offering huge bonuses on the Amex Platinum and Amex Gold, there are going to be a lot of people with a ton of Membership Reward points and wondering how to redeem their Amex Membership Reward points for travel. And Amex MR points offer a lot of value, but they take a lot more work to learn and use compared to programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards. And even for people looking to use these points for non-travel redemptions, there is even a few options like the Amex Amazon Promo.
ANA Around the World Rules:
00:00 – Start
00:32 -Amex Point value
1:36 – ANA Around the world
3:29 – ANA business class to Europe
4:34 – Virgin Atlantic Delta One
6:00 – Fly AA using Etihad miles
7:12 – British Airway Avios for AA
8:06 – Hawaii using Krisflyer miles
9:11 – Amex Amazon Promo
10:16 – Buy Gift cards with Amex points
11:52 – Final Thoughts
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So here's a little fun fact. Right now, the Platinum is offering 10X for gas/groceries. A round trip DeltaOne Virgin Atlantic point booking to Europe is 100k miles, or sometimes $10,000. Thats 10 cents per point. Thus, currently gas/groceries is offering a 100% "return" on spend for gas/grocery purchases through Virgin Atlantic DeltaOne.
I am coach flyer please do video for that
Amex travel portal is 🗑🗑🗑
The Waller's Wallet channel remains so underrated. Why don't you have 100K subs?!
Nice video overview. Can you do a deep dive into it? For example which airline is good for specific destinations
and how to find and book the good deals? Amex does seem more complicated than chase where I have aboutn400k pts
I just cashed out 260,000 MR points to my Schwab account. It felt good maxing out my Roth IRA early
Another data point, flying Delta internationally to Taiwan 🇹🇼 gets $0.025 to $0.03 per point. Me and my wife enjoyed a business class trip to Taiwan nearly free (minus taxes) from our accumulated MR points.
Great vid quality content and balanced view expressed in the closing comments
Great video, you explained a lot and gave me more to consider! I don't know how to use MR points to get the best redemptions yet but I am willing to learn. My biggest worry is missing out on this huge sign up bonus. I'm over 5/24 so that isn't a concern for me but if I got the plat card it would only be my second AMEX but my first MR card. I don't see myself traveling a good bit for atleast another six months. Too many restrictions even if you can find somewhere that's open. I don't want to just sit on a bunch of MR points for long either though with a $550 annual fee. Do you think they will allow us to use the airline credit for other items again in 2021 or probably not?
New Amex user and know the Rakuten benefit is one benefit to earn MR. Is it still that you have to be a new Rakuten member (aka sign up with a different email)? Or can you add to get MR points to an existing account?
Gonna try to pull a Hawaii trip sometime next year… looking forward to using these Chase and Amex points!
Does Amex notify you about the Amazon promotions?
Well done Waller, I do need to complete my AMEX education, I know it's lacking and that's why I have just been hoarding except for an SPG promotion a while back, it was a steal…lol. Thanks bro.
Just be like Brian Jung…get a ton of Amex points but never spend them because you don't know how 🙂
Aloha WW, is it better to do a ANA round the world from hawaii going west or east ? Is booking easier in either direction?
I transfer my points from my Amex Platinum and Gold cards to my Hilton Honors.. it comes in very handy when I go to Vegas.
I got lost in this video lol I still don’t get it
Awesome!!!!
Another great vid! BUT DUSTIN! DID YOU SEE THE NEW HYATT CARD OFFER? just got an email 50k for $3k spend in first 3 +25k for $6k spend in first 6…sounds like chase isn't expecting hotel biz to boom again anytime soon… I'm 4/24 and was first thinking freedom flex.. But now this hyatt deal might be better value…
Lots of great information, thanks as always Dustin!
Great informative video. Lots of options available, once this pandemic passes I will definitaley look into many of these travel posibilities. Thanks !!!
Do this for capital one Miles
Very useful video since I'm one of those people who just got a Gold card for the sign up bonus.
I'm mainly interested in domestic flights, so I think the transfers to Delta may be best for me, but I'm not sure how much value I'll get there. Though I'm looking into doing a trip to Japan with some friends so I'll come back to this video to see how I can use points to help pay for that. I do wish it was more straightforward to get value out of MR points though. But at least there's information out there to figure it out.
lol Dustin is expert on airline flight guys miles and points guy!
With AA ramping up their web specials I’ve noticed a significant reduction in their award availability. Avios used to be my go-to but now I’m using more AA miles which are much hard for me to earn. Grr…
The reason most folks won’t get the best value for their MR point is because a lot of good redemptions require phone calls rather than just straight transfer and then book.
I transferred 49k MR points to Iberia. Amex was offering a 40% bonus so I got just over 68k avios. Used it to book a RT flight JFK to MAD business class. But then… covid happened and the flight got canceled 😭😭😭
Ah I missed these travel/redemption vids!
Great video like always!! 💪🏽
One of your best videos yet.
Excellent points here Dustin. Knowledge is everything in this hobby.
Hey Dustin! Do you offer memberships?
Man I miss those award travel booking demonstrations! I saved this video. Take care and keep the family safe Dustin!
As always, the best content in the credit card game.
Great video..please make more like this.
Flew D1 on A350 from SEA to NRT after $400 upgrade. Was one of the most amazing experiences on a plane.
Around the world to where in 2020
Hey Dustin, first of all great content!
I racked up a lot of MR points and the ANA around the world tickets sounds very attractive!
However I have two questions for you:
– Do you still rack up miles with the different airlines you are flying with?
-And regarding the example you showed in the video (7 flights), what could be the dollar amount to add to the miles when booking a business class around the world trip?
New to MR points having applied for the Gold a few months ago – thanks
can I pay closing costs using Amex Platinum card? can I start using card immediately after approval?
When did ANA and Virgin Atl. Go separate ways?
Excellent presentation and valuable content. Thank you.
I am so glad I found your channel. You are definitely the best and more helpful credit card channel on YouTube. Thank you for all the great tips!
Great video…. quick question….. am I wrong or did delta pull its 50k one suite awards from virgin? I can’t find em anymore. Thanks! Your videos rock!
Had the CSW PLATINUM for a year just got the regular platinum b/c I got the 125k offer so I have 2 platinum rn… for next year what card to I downgrade to?
Airbnb gift card??? do tell more
The best use of points is to use them to pay down your card.
It has the greatest return for your points and the best value.
Thanks for the great content. I’ve had a big AmEx month…..they upped my credit line on my Blue cash everyday & then offered an upgrade to Blue Cash Premier card (which I took).
I also just got approved for their Platinum card, so I’m working through 2 welcome bonuses and trying to figure out how to maximize the rewards.
Another very informative and useful video.
Dustin, do u have or can u make a tutorial on booking awards flights with Virgin Delta One?