acarney

I think trip delay and interruption is really specific to the person and the airports they're flying into. If they're heading into areas that get pounded all winter long with snow or storm problems during spring/fall then it might be a huge benefit. But if you're heading into airports that rarely see big delays or multiple days worth of being shut down, I'm not sure it's really as valuable as some think. That might actually be why Chase offers it on the lower end card, they might actually have looked at the numbers and found the actual amount of claims were so low that it wasn't really much of a cost to add that perk... now that doesn't explain why Amex doesn't offer it, but I suspect Chase has done some math on this one...

Also, have you figured out your return on it? How many flights were covered with the protection this year and how many times did you make a claim. Then how much total were the tickets and multiple that buy the missed 2x earn from Amex and what... maybe $0.015/MR pt since that should be a pretty easy number to get.

Of course it might be super important to some, but probably for the masses, the extra earn would be used more than the trip benefits....

MaxVO

I wonder if those will also be triggered by purchasing GC's from participating restaurants (despite official T&C). I'd expect restaurants to code all purchases the same way. Please share your DPs in this thread, when they become available.

Statman

I am based out of LAX and have flown over 70k butt in the seat miles this year (85k miles last year) and have yet to encounter a situation where I rued booking the flight on my Platinum for 5x points vs. getting the insurance coverage from CSR or CSP. I typically fly non-stop flights so missed connections due to delays don't really affect me. Personally, I value the 5x points more than the trip delay insurance, but that analysis probably doesn't apply for someone who flies out of ORD, JFK, MSP, etc. in the winter time.

Also keep in mind that, CSR delay protection only kicks in after 6 hours of delay and if there is more than a two hour delay, I typically find that the airline will accommodate me by re-booking me on another flight. The delay insurance on the CSP is only available after 12 hours of delay and there is no way I would ever subject myself to a delay of the magnitude.

355F1

I think I applied on Friday.

I just got a UPS email saying I am having a package being overnighted for tomorrow delivery, though! So it looks like my card will be here tomorrow.

355F1

This is a new application. I don't have a PRG card yet.

355F1

Wow I am shocked.

I use my Citi Prestige for all travel and have to use Trip Delay twice. Both times there was no hassle. It was awesome getting reimbursed for a hotel in Hong Kong @ $400/night!

Happy

We buy restaurant GCs all the time from the days when AMEX offers often had $10/$50 on restaurants to the more recent times restaurant chains offer $10 bonus card on $50 GC purchase during the holiday season as well as Mother's Day / Father's Day type promotion. All AMEX cards from Hilton to PRG coded it as restaurants and earned the corresponding bonus.
I see no reason why it would not continue because restaurants do not distinguish the transactions.

jediwho

Same here. I usually fly from LAX (for the past 7 years) but have lived and flown from DSM and BWI before that. Just over the past 12+ years, I have had two instances where I was delayed significantly -- knock on wood. The first time was in Paris back in 2005 because of snow and Continental put us up in a hotel an gave us a nice voucher. The next time was when I was bumped from a flight because the airline had oversold and there were no takers. Even here, my delay was three hours, so a CSR type insurance would have been useless. On one of my mileage runs, I got sick. Sure, the CSR type insurance would have helped but my ticket was $200 and since I had not met my deductible, a doctor's visit would have cost me $150. So, I did not even bother.

Javier1704

gengar

It also only covers unreimbursed expenses. So if the airline covers it, the CSR isn't going to pay out anything.

Even when I was based in a UX station tied to ORD and got hassled by weather pretty often, there's no way the trip interruption/delay insurance would be worth giving up the 2 extra MRs.

MaxVO

I had the same reasons in mind thinking that these "Dining Credits" should be triggered by any in-store purchase. However the Terms now specifically exclude non-food and GC purchases, whereas AmEx Offers were not as clear. So actual DP's to confirm successful methods to trigger these would be very helpful.

pokeable

Did Grubhub code as dining for you?

ne0ven0m

Not sure if someone else has posted yet. I made a grocery purchase at Kroger (including VGCs) on Oct 4, date this revamp went live. Amex has finally shown me that I indeed did get 4x MR back, and showed up as US Supermarkets.

PHLondoner

Just reviewing my latest posted purchases on my Gold after October 4th changeover and restaurants that I frequent where I was receiving 2X MR points before, I did not receive ANY MR bonus (obviously now supposed to be 4X). My statement closed yesterday, so hopefully these aren't locked in without gaining the bonuses? Anyone else not seeing bonuses posting where they should be?

Additional question...why don't they give the bonus points for cafes? Cafes serve sandwiches, soups, salads, etc. and, of course, coffee. It's odd b/c it categorizes the spend as a Restaurant in my statement, but it won't give me the bonus points?

Happy

I am not sure AMEX system can distinguish it when the merchant does not distinguish the transaction.

From the very few DPs I read (non English site), someone got a $10 credit for NOT having done any purchase! Hence the guy posted a question on what that was about. Another poster showed a phone app screen that $10 tricked on Shake Shack transaction of $17ish. That is all I have seen so far.
someone said he would buy one cheesecake every month. Thought this is a good idea to use the benefit.

Yes, would be nice someone could post the DPs.