Originally Posted by
awesome75
Hello
I have delta amex gold card that came with the statement credit option for flight booked on delta within 6 months (use it or loose it). I am quickly approaching the 6 month deadline and have no plan of flying anytime soon. I am looking into booking the flight and then cancelling within 24 hours but not sure if it will allow me to receive the refund amount in the eCredit instead of refund amount deposited in credit card and not sure what other options available to receive the eCredit?
Thanks in advance.
Your 24-hour refund is the worst idea as Amex will claw back the credit. Book any nonrefundable main cabin (not BE) Delta flight for 11 months from now and pay for it on Amex. Never cancel the flight. When you decide on a legitimate trip you want to take call Delta and use that dummy ticket to pay for your real ticket. Any difference in fare you can pay at that time or take an ecredit. Never ever let any money go back as a credit on the Amex.