Anyone book flights with Amex points recently? Today I tried and was unable to pay with my points. No sliding scale was available.

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Through the Amex portal - using points to pay for a cash fare? Redemption value is generally terrible on those. But I was just looking for a ticket a couple of days ago and saw the option.

The “insider fares” can be a decent value. Straight points-for-cash tends to be pretty poor, though. You can transfer points to other programs (Delta SkyPesos, BA Avios, etc) which often have better bang-for-point.

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