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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
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #424 on: December 21, 2017, 02:15:50 PM »
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anyone with personal experience here?

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #425 on: December 21, 2017, 02:46:56 PM »
can someone pm me what does pggm stand for?

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« Reply #426 on: December 21, 2017, 02:49:32 PM »
can someone pm me what does pggm stand for?
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« Reply #427 on: December 21, 2017, 02:49:35 PM »
can someone pm me what does pggm stand for?
platinum guys grand mehalech

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #428 on: December 24, 2017, 02:40:00 AM »
Ya through delta.com. When i upgraded the upgrades were not delta comfort + but on the actual carrier and were klm preferred and air france preferred. One point tho, those charges didnt get credit automatically by delta, I called delts to reverse the charge because i cancelled the ticket

how to get the charge to post as delta when upgrading on air france?  You need to goto air france site to upgrade and then charge shows up as air france.

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #429 on: December 24, 2017, 03:36:50 PM »
how to get the charge to post as delta when upgrading on air france?  You need to goto air france site to upgrade and then charge shows up as air france.
what should be the designated air line delta or af ?

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« Reply #430 on: December 24, 2017, 06:12:59 PM »
what should be the designated air line delta or af ?
You can only choose American carriers, AF is not an option.
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is there any maylah in doing pggm with delta upgrd thru af as opposed to doing it straight with united?

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What's the straight with united?

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is there any maylah in doing pggm with delta upgrd thru af as opposed to doing it straight with united?
Clawback wise?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #434 on: December 24, 2017, 09:53:21 PM »
Did PGGM in April and May 2017 and then closed accounts. Got clawback in November. Amex doesn't mess around.

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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #435 on: December 24, 2017, 10:10:41 PM »
Did PGGM in April and May 2017 and then closed accounts. Got clawback in November. Amex doesn't mess around.
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« Reply #436 on: December 24, 2017, 10:13:29 PM »
wow!
What's the process for that, charging a closed account?
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Re: Purchases That Work For Amex Platinum Travel Credit
« Reply #437 on: December 24, 2017, 10:14:15 PM »
is there any risk of clawback to buy gc's in 2017 and then again in 2018 and then close the accounts? anyone have experience with this?

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« Reply #438 on: December 24, 2017, 10:15:03 PM »
is there any risk of clawback to buy gc's in 2017 and then again in 2018 and then close the accounts? anyone have experience with this?
No.
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No.
you sound quite confident. may I ask how is that?