Originally Posted by
akcae
Today I saw a credit in my MR account of "5x TLS" and the # of points seems to match quadruple balance of a travel purchase I made last month and offset with MR points. In other words, I made a travel purchase, paid partially with points and partially with cash. The 50% rebate posted 31 days after the transaction. This MR earnings approximates the cash portion that remained after the points offset x 4, which with the 1x earning on the statement would give the advertised 5x on airfare purchases through Amex Travel.
This answers my quandary of whether the entire purchase amount earns 5x, or just the cash balance.
That's interesting. I was under the impression that if ANY part of a ticket was purchased with a redemption, then the entire purchase is deemed a redemption purchase and not eligible for the 4X bonus or the 1X point regular purchase.