Now You Can Pay with AmEx Points at Expedia

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- Link your account. If you have an American Express card that earns Membership Rewards points, you can link it to your Expedia account via this page. If you don’t have an Expedia account, you can create one for free.
- Book your trip. Select a flight or prepaid hotel on Expedia and you will be asked at checkout whether you’d like to apply your American Express Membership points to your total. Points are worth about 0.7 cents apiece when redeemed this way.
- Look for your savings. If you pay with points on Expedia, the American Express card linked to your account will be charged the full amount of the purchase. American Express will then apply your redeemed points as a credit on your account in two to four business days. For example, if you used 2,000 points toward your Expedia purchase, you'd get roughly $14 back as a statement credit.
- The redemption value could be higher. Getting 0.7 cent per point is OK, but you can get more value out of your rewards by using American Express’s other redemption options, some of which offer 1 cent per point.
- Rewards can't be combined. You can’t combine Membership Rewards points from different AmEx cards. Also, you also can’t combine your Expedia points with your Membership Rewards points.
- You can't apply Membership Rewards points to all Expedia purchases. You can use Membership Rewards points only for flights and prepaid hotels — not other purchases, such as travel packages, cruises or car rentals.
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