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Old Feb 9, 2025 | 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by xliioper
Amex seems to purge card history after 7 years or so, so you should be fine. If you were ineligible for promo, it would note that when making application. You can generally do better than Pay with Miles 1 cent per mile value with award bookings. Especially with Amex 15% discount. In example below, Main award is 30K miles, while using Pay with Miles on cash fare would require nearly 40K miles. Note that both Pay with Miles and Amex 15% discount require that booked itins be 100% Delta metal for application.
Thanks! I did not notice anything that said ineligible... I did see that it said 80000 miles after making $3000 purchase. Keeping my fingers crossed.

as for my original question about the $800 valuation of 80000 miles, I was just thinking that was at a minimum. if I combine the 80000 with the other miles I currently have towards premium cabin award travel, they should be worth a lot more than that.
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