Originally Posted by gbahri

So I have a Amex Platinum and I love the 5x points. Recently however I have been bummed that there is no travel insurance. I do have a Chase Preferred but I love the Amex points more. Someone ( on this forum maybe) had mentioned buying gift cards with the Platinum for the flight and paying the rest with chase as chase states "only a portion of the fare needs to be on the Chase Card for the insurance to take effect." So essentially if the flight was $500 dollars. I buy $450 in E-Gift cards from the airlines with platinum, get my 5x points, and then pay the $50 left over with the Chase Sapphire and get the insurance. Would this work? Any help is appreciated.