According to the latest T&C (March 2022) Amex Platinum Charge they now cover COVID related travel (Sec A) and medical issues (Sec E) (page 5).
I called Chubb to confirm, and they will now issue a letter of cover that can be shown at the airport, when travelling to those countries e.g, Vietnam...
I also noticed that if you book on the Jetstar site and elect to pay with Qantas points, the same flight requires less points than booking a Classic Reward flight on the Qantas site.
As has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread, in the latest terms & conditions (July 2018) payment of taxes on the card is no longer listed as a requirement.
This does make sense as some airlines do require taxes to be paid with a monetary cost separately (eg Qantas) and in these cases I...
I read the latest Platinum Charge Card Insurance PDS with regard to using frequent flyer points, the relevant sentence section says:
“(a) You pay the full fare for a returnTrip onYour American Express Platinum Card; or
(b) You pay using American Express Membership Rewards points, frequent...
Yes definitely a worry. I have used Amex travel in the past and to redeem travel credit. The actual booking ( for hotels in any case) seemed to be booked through another party who I’d never heard of.
I would hope though that Amex would always take full responsibility for the validity of the booking.
Yes its interesting this whole "travel" category (which gives double points). Apparently its up to how the merchant is registered as to where the charge appears. For example I've booked cruises direct with a certain cruise company, but the charge does not appear under the travel category (some...
Try using the APP. I couldn't select seats for the flight on the Etihad website on my PC that I redeemed through Velocity. In fact I was told by Etihad Customer Service that because it was a redemption flight via Virgin seat selection could only be done at check in time and paid extra legroom...
I recently booked an Etihad flight using Velocity points and you are unable to even pay to select any seats. Essentially you can’t add any options to the booking, even paid ( for eg pay for extra legroom seats).
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My understanding is that it doesn’t matter if the return trip is booked separately you are still covered. I checked this recently when I cruised from Australia and returned by plane. As long as both legs were paid by the card.
I have also booked reward flights out and back to Australia on...
Does anyone know if after you have booked economy seats on Etihad using Velocity points if you can then pay extra for exit row seats. I know with paid flights it's possible, but not sure with Reward flight from an Airline partner.