About Membership Rewards® Pay with Points
You can use Membership Rewards® points for all or part of your flight, prepaid car rental, vacation, or cruise booking, and for hotels booked and paid in advance when booking through American Express Travel. When you book your flight with us, there are no blackout dates or seat restrictions. Please note there is a minimum redemption of 5,000 points.
Book your plane tickets, prepaid hotel rooms, prepaid car rentals, vacation package, or cruise through American Express Travel.
When asked for your payment information, select the option Pay with Points, and then choose how many points you want to redeem.
The amount of your purchase will be charged to your Card account. Points will be automatically deducted from the balance in your Membership Rewards® account.
A credit for a corresponding dollar amount will be applied to your Card account.
Good to know
You must redeem at least 5,000 points to use Pay with Points.
Miles earned with the Delta SkyMiles® program cannot be redeemed.
You can book flights on most domestic and international airlines via American Express Travel.
For additional information, read our terms. Contact us for assistance booking flights on airlines not listed on our site. Chat with us, when available, by clicking the chat icon at the bottom-right corner of this page. Otherwise, call the number on the back of your Card.
Hotels
You’ll earn 2X Membership Rewards® points when you book a prepaid hotel on American Express Travel. However, if you redeem Membership Rewards® points using Pay with Points for all or part of your booking, this amount is ineligible to earn 2X points.
Flights
You can redeem Membership Rewards® points booked at AmexTravel.com for any flight, and then earn frequent flyer miles when you fly on that flight. Typically, when you book award travel using frequent flyer miles/points, you do not earn any miles/points for that itinerary.
When you cancel with 24 hours of booking, you can get the points you redeemed back. These will appear as a credit on your Card statement, or, if you prefer the points back to your Membership Rewards® account, a charge will appear on your Card to net the credit to zero.
Cars
You can earn and redeem Membership Rewards® points when you book a prepaid car rental on American Express Travel.
A minimum of 5,000 Membership Rewards® Points are required to use the Pay with Points option. If there are 5,000 or more points in your account, you'll automatically be given the option to apply points at checkout on eligible bookings.
You can use the Points Value Calculator to see what Membership Rewards® Points are worth and how you can use them.
When you use Pay with Points, the full dollar amount will be charged to your American Express Card and a credit for the amount of points used will be applied to your account within 48 hours.
Yes. If you cancel your trip, points will be returned to your account in the form of a statement credit.
Using Pay with Points at Amex Travel is currently available for prepaid Car Rentals.
You can use Pay with Points for select pre-paid Hotel Reservations. For Hotel Reservations that require payment at the time of check-out, payment is handled directly with the property.
Membership Rewards® Pay with Points
See membershiprewards.com/terms for the Membership Rewards® program terms and conditions.