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Air:
Baggage fees
Fees/ taxes when booking a mileage ticket
Pet travel fees
Seat upgrade fees

Airline e-GCs: best $100 increments or smaller
  Delta-$50 increments. Don't buy on mobile site!
  Southwest
  Alaska
  American Airlines No longer works as of Feb 2019



Other:
MPX (mileagePlus X app )
United gift registry:
Make united your airline of choice for your platinum.
Create a united gift registry.  Create a goal for the registry.
Add funds to the registry in increments of $100 or less using your platinum card. Get reimbursed by AMEX.

DDMS
https://www.dansdeals.com/credit-cards/used-2019-amex-airline-fee-credit-will-use/
https://www.dansdeals.com/credit-cards/testing-using-2023-amex-airline-fee-credit-uses-will-use/

Discussion about how to use more than 3 Delta GC on 1 ticket:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta-air-lines-skymiles/1888784-possible-use-more-than-3-gift-cards-one-booking-2.html
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #40 on: December 06, 2016, 09:28:10 AM »

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #41 on: December 06, 2016, 10:06:24 AM »
Will try it now and report keep my mouth shut.
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #42 on: December 06, 2016, 10:33:37 AM »
Is GPPM or whatever its called over?
This is turning into the UPS method of legends... GPPM! ROTFL!!

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #43 on: December 06, 2016, 01:25:18 PM »
Lol .

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #44 on: December 06, 2016, 06:54:03 PM »
Can't seem to find the PGGM thread. Anyone have the link?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #45 on: December 06, 2016, 07:03:56 PM »
Can't seem to find the PGGM thread. Anyone have the link?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #46 on: December 06, 2016, 07:14:17 PM »
Can't seem to find the PGGM thread. Anyone have the link?

There's a reason you can't find it.
To trick the tricksters, it has been renamed to GPPM

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #47 on: December 06, 2016, 07:25:50 PM »
Can't seem to find the PGGM thread. Anyone have the link?
its been deleted
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #48 on: December 06, 2016, 09:08:20 PM »
a fully refundable  ticket to west coast in 6 months and after paying- upgrade- after upgrade-cancel. repeat.( if need be)
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« Reply #49 on: December 06, 2016, 09:12:32 PM »
Thanks for spelling it out, now please delete it.
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #50 on: December 14, 2016, 04:24:10 PM »
why is AA not on the wiki for GC?

i thought there was confirmations it works?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #51 on: December 14, 2016, 04:46:25 PM »
why is AA not on the wiki for GC?

i thought there was confirmations it works?
link ? if there forsure was then put it in wiki

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #52 on: December 14, 2016, 10:55:29 PM »
link ? if there forsure was then put it in wiki
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #53 on: December 15, 2016, 02:15:38 PM »
once i create a united registry. how long does it take for me to view it?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #54 on: December 18, 2016, 10:27:03 PM »
once i create a united registry. how long does it take for me to view it?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #55 on: December 18, 2016, 11:41:31 PM »
Why does the wiki say  upgrade fees work but the T&Cs state they are excluded? I'm about to purchase 4 upgrades on an AS award flight.

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #56 on: December 19, 2016, 08:07:39 AM »
Registry worked for me at $200.

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #57 on: December 19, 2016, 11:33:21 AM »
Is AA gift cards stackable?

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #58 on: December 20, 2016, 02:14:59 AM »
can anybody pls detail how to combine multiple United gift registry's for 1 ticket?
Dan noted abt it on its DDMS thread, but in "short and sweet", sweet for whom is the question, cuz I didn't understand.
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #59 on: December 20, 2016, 07:16:57 AM »
can anybody pls detail how to combine multiple United gift registry's for 1 ticket?
Dan noted abt it on its DDMS thread, but in "short and sweet", sweet for whom is the question, cuz I didn't understand.
TIA
what i think Dan meant was multiple charges into one gift registry
what you want is (changing names), merging mileage plus accounts