American Express

[matt082600]

Does anyone know if you can you use AmEx points towards your cruise final balance? I have thousands and thousands of points and would like to use some. Thanks in advance for your help.

[dettlja]

On my amex card I can use points for everyday purchases. I just put the charge on my amex and then click the link on line to apply points and presto chango, they apply a credit. Very easy, but not the most efficient use of points.

I got a much better use of points by using them to buy my airfare when I booked directly through Amex. I used amex's link online to reserve my airfare and then selected "pay with points".

 

Jaimee

[joepeka]

I too have used Amex MR points to pay for travel booked via the Amex Travel web site but I don't know if you can use those points toward final cruise balance payment. I'm not sure how that would work unless maybe you used an Amex TA to book your cruise? :confused:

[HeartNP]

I booked my cruise through the American Express site, and was able to use my points to pay... I used 80,000 points, which translated to $600 off my total price!

[Dave85]

Related: Amex points also transfer generously to some other companies loyalty programs. Jetblue (Trueblue program) is a perfect example.

 

My parents booked a cruise once completely with Amex points and they had to use an Amex TA (rather than our regular TA) for that transaction. I assume they could have also just done it on the Amex travel site (as others have mentioned above), but they like having a TA.