Is it worth it to use roughly 95,000 Amex points or pay 750 straight up? Flight to Europe, only reason I ask is cause I don’t see myself using my Amex points for anything but trips abroad

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750 absolutely. 95000 points is worth waaayyyy more than $750

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FYI you’ll still have to pay some taxes and fees on top of the points. $10-50 for economy and I’ve seen it up to a few hundred bucks for roundtrip international business

With 95,000 points, you can get a roundtrip business class ticket from US (e.g. NYC/Chicago) to Spain on Iberia (you'll also pay about $250 to $300 in taxes and fees in total).

It cost 55,000 miles each way and Amex currently has a promo to give you a 30% bonus so you should end up with like 123,500 Avios when redeeming the 95,000 points. You can then fly from Spain to many other European cities for 7500 (economy) to 12500 (biz) Avios.

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