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American Express Announces New Apple Pay Feature

American Express today announced that you can now redeem Membership Rewards points when checking out with Apple Pay on the web and in apps on the iPhone and iPad.

Apple Pay American Express Points
When checking out with Apple Pay on iOS 18 or iPadOS 18 or later, tap on your eligible American Express card (Platinum, Gold, Green, and others) and select the Membership Rewards points option. You can use points to cover all or part of your purchase, with every 10,000 points redeemed through Apple Pay worth a $70 statement credit.

American Express points can be redeemed entirely within the Apple Pay checkout flow, with no need to open another app or complete additional steps.

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Top Rated Comments

auslanderplates Avatar
5 hours ago at 10:31 am
This is literally the worst way to spend membership rewards points. 1 pt = $0.70
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 hours ago at 10:52 am

I regularly transfer my Amex points to partner airlines like Air France / KLM to score direct Europe-California transatlantic business/first class flights for only 60k. Comes with legit premium lounge access, too. Those flights usually go for $6000.

That’s 10 cpp vs this Apple Pay redemption of 0.7 cpp!

You do have to hunt/plan around those rare points deals, but hasn’t been an issue for me.
Yeah, this is the right way to leverage points.

This conversion for Apple Pay is absolutely terrible.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dulcimer Avatar
4 hours ago at 10:47 am
I regularly transfer my Amex points to partner airlines like Air France KLM to score direct Europe-California business/first class flights for only 60k. Comes with legit premium lounge access, too. Those flights usually go for $6000.

That’s 10 cpp vs this Apple Pay redemption rate of 0.7 cpp!

You do have to hunt/plan around those rare points deals, but hasn’t been an issue for me.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Spinarelo Avatar
5 hours ago at 10:40 am

This is literally the worst way to spend membership rewards points. 1 pt = $0.70
Yup. Horrible, they’re basically taking a .30 haircut on every point which adds up pretty quickly…. I’ll hold on to my points and redeem for travel so I can get the full value.

When you book travel through Amex with points for example 10,000pts = $100
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)