What's the best way you have redeemed Amex membership rewards points? Gift cards? Uber? Amazon shopping?

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P1 is correct. Transfer to airlines/hotels to maximize rewards. Amex points are worth upward of 1.8 cpp (via an average of major bloggers). Your redemptions are all 1 cpp or lower.

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No, no and no. These are all awful redemptions.

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^^ Super helpful

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I transfer to British Airways when there is a transfer promotion going on. Much better redemption value on shorter flights (e.g., 9000 miles round trip from Hong Kong to Taiwan on Cathay, which is usually in the $400+ range)

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Travel-related redemptions are always the best value

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I do Uber bc it's easiest

Ok then D1, what is the best way to redeem Amex membership rewards?

Agree w D3, BA is incredible value in Asia due to distance based awards. Flying blue for monthly promos is good too. Other than that depends on routes which airline to go with. Do research on which airlines can book for others (ex: Singapore on united)

If you can use points for biz class or first class tickets, the value is 2-4 cents per point (CPP)

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