Amex Plat holders, anyone been successful adding cash to your United travel bank to use the $200 airline credit?

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It still works as of Monday. I have 20+ biz plats to hit on 1/1 before I cancel, I really hope it doesn’t die like it did last January.

Hopefully you didn’t get that link from Adam

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Did it work for you ? Planning on trying today.

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