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Old Aug 27, 2012, 12:08 pm
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Matt Ward
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Planning ahead for a dive trip

Hi Folks,
I am fairly new to AMEX and just starting to get my hands around the membership points. I want to plan ahead for a vacation to the Carribean to go diving. I currently have 17,000 Points with 7,000 additional pending. I would say that my average is 4500 points per month.

My biggest questions is how many points will I need for a 7 day vacation and where do I start to figure this out? I am also a member with Marriott, JetBlue, Southwest, and a few others.

Do I find the vacation via the amex site? Everything I am reading says no.

Do I price it out via the airline website then calculate the points and transfer the points when I am ready?

What do you feel is the best approach?

Note that I have not picked a destination just yet.
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