Buying business and first class tickets - Revision history

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‎Amex Platinum International Airline Program

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 <li>'''You can easily set up a price alert using Google, Kayak, or Momondo, so you'll know when prices drop'''. Ideally, you want to set this up as soon as possible and hope that tickets go on sale sometime between then and your booking deadline.</li>
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 <li>'''Subscribing to flight deal alert sites can keep you informed about good business and first-class deals'''. Each of the alert services cover both coach and premium-cabin deals. [//www.premiumcabindeals.com PremiumCabinDeals] focuses on business and first class deals. While they do a great job of uncovering good deals, they cover flights originating from all over the world and there is no way to filter them down to ones from specific airports or regions. {{Link|Flight Deals}} </li>

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-<li>'''Subscribing to flight deal alert sites can keep you informed about good business and first-class deals'''. Each of the alert services cover both coach and premium-cabin deals. {{Link|Flight Deals}} </li>
+<li>'''Subscribing to flight deal alert sites can keep you informed about good business and first-class deals'''. Each of the alert services cover both coach and premium-cabin deals. [//www.premiumcabindeals.com PremiumCabinDeals] focuses on business and first class deals. While they do a great job of uncovering good deals, they cover flights originating from all over the world and there is no way to filter them down to ones from specific airports or regions. {{Link|Flight Deals}} </li>
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	The most flexible option is IHG points. You can transfer to many different airline programs at 5 points per mile and acquire the points you need with the Cash & Points trick. This winds up costing {{Value\|ihgcash\|5}} center per mile. {{Link\|cash & points trick}}.		The most flexible option is IHG points. You can transfer to many different airline programs at 5 points per mile and acquire the points you need with the Cash & Points trick. This winds up costing {{Value\|ihgcash\|5}} center per mile. {{Link\|cash & points trick}}.
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		+	If you can't find other good options, you can convert pretty much every type of hotel point to miles. But with the exception of Marriott and IHG points, the exchange rates are pretty bad. You'll need to use about 4 cents of hotel points for each mile. {{Link\|convert hotel points}}.
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 <li>'''If you can't purchase miles from the airline, you may be able to use transferable or IHG points'''. Citibank will let you buy up to 100,000 points per year at 2.5 cents each. As long as you have one of many different credit cards, American Express will theoretically allow you to buy up to 500,000 points at 2.5 cents each. However, you can only do it when topping off a transfer (leaving you with 0 points in your account) and you'll need to call, rather than using the website.</li>
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+The most flexible option is IHG points. You can transfer to many different airline programs at 5 points per mile and acquire the points you need with the Cash & Points trick. This winds up costing {{Value|ihgcash|5}} center per mile. {{Link|cash & points trick}}.
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 <li>'''If you expect to frequently purchase points to use for premium-cabin tickets, you can stock up when they are on sale'''. Many airlines periodically run promotions where you can buy miles and points at lower-than-normal prices. If you expect you’ll need the points later, it makes sense to buy them ahead-of-time, when they are on sale.</li>
-<li>'''If you can't purchase miles from the airline, you may be able to use transferable points'''. Citibank will let you buy up to 100,000 points per year at 2.5 cents each. As long as you have one of many different credit cards, American Express will theoretically allow you to buy up to 500,000 points at 2.5 cents each. However, you can only do it when topping off a transfer (leaving you with 0 points in your account) and you'll need to call, rather than using the website.</li>
+<li>'''If you can't purchase miles from the airline, you may be able to use transferable or IHG points'''. Citibank will let you buy up to 100,000 points per year at 2.5 cents each. As long as you have one of many different credit cards, American Express will theoretically allow you to buy up to 500,000 points at 2.5 cents each. However, you can only do it when topping off a transfer (leaving you with 0 points in your account) and you'll need to call, rather than using the website.</li>
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 Up until early 2019, you needed to call in to book flights (and you also needed to pay a small call center surcharge). Now, you simply get access to the lower fares whenever you book on Amex Travel—assuming you are signed in with an Amex account that includes a Platinum card. [//www.americanexpress.com/us/travel/international-airline-program/ Amex IAP Webpage].
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