Yes, you should transfer the points from one account to the other before closing the account. You can transfer 20k points per year, so you'll be OK.

https://rewards.usbank.com/home/Points

Got it, thank you! Just transferred the points. Will wait a few days to make sure everything is processed on the back end and then cancel the business card.

I'm trying to understand the $25 credit when flying on a flexperks reward ticket: I booked 2 r/t flights (one for wife and one for myself). Am I eligible to get reimbursed for $50 with AA or only $25?

$50.

IF you book an airline ticket using Flexperks and need to cancel or change the ticket, how do you change or cancel the ticket? What if the ticket is booked with Southwest, where there are no cancellation fees and you get Southwest credit?

You can change a Southwest ticket via Southwest.com or by calling. You can apply the full value of the ticket to another itinerary. Once it's booked with flexperks points, you have full control over it.

Several times, I have found a $399.99 fare for a random route and booked it, then changed it to a trip I was actually planning to take, to keep the balance for another trip. Good way to get maximum value out of the redeemed points. Icing on the cake was that I have the Southwest companion pass and could join me on trips booked with flexperks!

When did Flexperks Rewards start requiring a US airport for their searches? This severely limits the usefulness of the program for me. It's been years since I've booked a reward, so this could be old news.

If they do then it must be fairly new as just last month I booked a o/w intra-Asia flight on OZ using flexperks

Is there a no fee flexperks card that I can downgrade too? I'm tired of paying $49/year but want to keep the card b/c one of my oldest.

They have two AmEx Flexperks cards--one with a fee, and one without. You need only go to the flexperks website and three cards show up.

Anyone know if downgrading the card to a no annual fee card will affect redemptions in any way?

Cards offered on a bank/cc website does not necessarily mean that you can downgrade any AF card to any of those cards. I'd certainly be interested to know if anyone has downgraded a Usbank visa to an amex.

Update: just found this, in case anyone else is wondering: http://travelwithgrant.boardingarea....rsion-options/

Further question: Do Usbank flexperks Amex cards count against regular Amex max credit cards? Or is Usbank Amex completely separate?

The limit imposed by AMEX is for *their* credit cards - cards that are issued by AMEX. These are issued by US Bank, so they do not count against that limit. The fact that they are on the payment network also called "AMEX" doesn't matter.

Ok. Great. Thanks

I was not able to downgrade my FP Visa to a no fee product. This was last summer, despite many calls and even escalating to a supervisor. Like you, it was one of my oldest cards.