Originally Posted by
GrayAnderson
So, I'm going to disagree here. It is very possible to have a travel pattern that generally just doesn't "encounter" airline fees (e.g. someone who generally pays for F/J up-front and gets those bells and whistles thrown in to begin with, and who has status which covers most SDCs).
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Please look at the various threads in the Amex forum like
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ly-2020-a.html
to find out how to use the credits without encountering an actual airline fee.
(the wiki has links to the ones for other participating airlines)