New Amex statement credits

[AIRwin]

United Airlines - 1000 / 400

Very generous offer from United with a 40% cashback. I hope Qantas are taking note!

Qantas - 800/200 for return flights to Singapore

Wonder if it'll work if I book a return Flex fare for the cashback and then cancel for a credit?

 

[shuuy]

Qantas - 800/200 for return flights to Singapore

Wonder if it'll work if I book a return Flex fare for the cashback and then cancel for a credit?

let us know how you go!

 

[SYD]

Qantas - 800/200 for return flights to Singapore

Wonder if it'll work if I book a return Flex fare for the cashback and then cancel for a credit?

Presumably a good chance, so long as it’s not a full refund? The credit would retain the original PNR - question is whether anything gets reported back to AMEX since QF still has your (AMEX’s) money?

Shame there isn’t a DSC offer on!

 

[burneracc]

No money back to card -> very likely no signal to amex to claw the credit back.

I assume they are validating the offer based on the Level 3 data that the airline sends back to the cards which purchase the tickets - which is why you can see your flight details including ticket number on your amex statement even when you book flights outside of amex travel.

Semi related; I've had credits not post before when billed incorrectly and need to be manually adjusted by submitting a receipt - this suggests that the amex offer system is not that sophisticated and is just a matter of checking if certain words or phrases are present in the transaction. I'd be very surprised if they built a whole new validation system just for these qantas offers.