Originally Posted by mspreh

Yes you will earn it just as if you bought the ticket by paying with your American Express, Visa, or any other card on Amex Travel or Expedia (the engine driving Amex Travel now). You will even earn the MQD on the transaction!

Actually I think it's a pretty good use if you find an inexpensive ticket. If the cpm is low you can really come out ahead. A few years ago Platinum used to have 20% off on points used to book travel, then it was amazing. I booked a mistake fair to CPG on DL with points, cost me 18,500 roughly in MR points, because of status I earned 23,000 Miles on DL roughly, plus the MQM's for status, and hit a bonus DL offered then if I flew so much I would get 50,000 bonus RDM's. I think that was the best use of MR points ever for me.

A lot of changes since then. So what is the best value for MR points?