Wanted to provide an Amex plat airline credit data point .

Booked a flight to PR for $390 paid a part of it with delta gift card. I got reimbursed for the reminder of my credit ($141). Cont.

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It’s true, been mentioned in here before

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Yes this is well documented plenty of discussion on flyertalk and points blogs about it.

Only a matter of time til it gets shut down like purchasing gift cards was but enjoy it while it lasts.

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This makes me think that I’d a portion of a flight is paid with gift card you can potentially get the airline credit back for the reminder of the price (or how we much you have left). Does anybody know if this is true.

I’ve done the same thing with United, but it still went through as a ticket so the reimbursement did not work

Another dimension where delta is superior

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