Best way to redeem Amex points besides the gift cards they offer? GCs offer terrible value and I don’t have any upcoming travel plans. Have about 130k MR points and closing my Amex account soon.

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Guys - I posted this elsewhere. Book a flight using Amex travel, pay anything on top with your card. Then cancel ticket within 24 hours as they offer this as a policy. All dollars spent and points spent get sent back to card in dollars, converting points to dollars for a cent each!

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I don’t plan to travel in the near future either. I just redeemed 200K points for Home Depot gift cards because they’re at least a cent per point and Home Depot is probably the most sustainable and practical of the retail options.

Open the Charles Schwab Platinum. They let you cash out MR to a brokerage account at 1.25 cents per point.

Membership Rewards. It's what Amex calls their points.

I’ll buy them for a cent/ mile

Can you connect me with that person? I have 700k to sell

Convert them to airmiles

And give them to your relatives as a gift. (background claps)

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Open a free card like the Amex everyday card. No need to do anything rash.

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