Amex pay with points for travel (with 20% plat bonus)

[Hudi]

Hey there,

I'm an avid reader of this forum and dansdeals.com but I can't seem to find an answer to this question on previous threads.

I'm trying to book a hotel which is not associated with any awards program using amex travel "pay with points". Being that I'm a platinum member I get 20% of the points back.

However it costs 154,000 points for an $1000 reservation.  Even with the bonus, this seems to be a really bad use of Amex MR Points. 1 amex point comes out to less then 1 cent...

In general is "Pay with Points" for travel considered a good use of Amex points?

Thanks!

[AsherO]

Hey there,

I'm an avid reader of this forum and dansdeals.com but I can't seem to find an answer to this question on previous threads.

I'm trying to book a hotel which is not associated with any awards program using amex travel "pay with points". Being that I'm a platinum member I get 20% of the points back.

However it costs 154,000 points for an $1000 reservation.  Even with the bonus, this seems to be a really bad use of Amex MR Points. 1 amex point comes out to less then 1 cent...

In general is "Pay with Points" for travel considered a good use of Amex points?

Thanks!

PWP is never a good value.

[Hudi]

Thanks!