Originally Posted by
Ghoulish
What on earth are you talking about? AMEX credits the cost of any flight booked on AMEX Travel back to your card within minutes of cancelling any reservation made in the previous 24 hours. They don't issue a flight credit. You get an immediate refund. LOL.
The point was to be able to check the booking class, and you can do so after purchasing the ticket, then cancelling if it doesn't suit you.
It's possible that
redtop43's post wasn't in response to yours, but rather was a general remark on the pluses and minuses of Amex bookings.