Originally Posted by
ebusch
https://www.americanexpress.com/en-u...-hotel-credit/- You can use Membership Rewards Pay with Points for all or part of your eligible prepaid hotel booking. However, you can only earn the $600 Hotel Credit for charges that are charged to your eligible Platinum Card, if you have not already earned the credit for the year. Any portion of your booking covered using Pay with Points does not qualify to receive up to $300 back semi-annually.
Basically you'd need to have at least $300 of the booking charged to the card to get the full benefit.
This doesn't belong here; I know that. But. Have a three night stay in jr. suite at a hotel in Porto. When I booked it originally and paid with all points I paid a rate of 1177.65. Thought I'd see what the rate was now to see if it was worth cancelling / rebooking. There is a promo for a free third night. Wow! Save $300 and will hopefully get the $300 credit to make my effective rate around half of what it had been. Lesson for me: watch the rates after booking.