Originally Posted by taxicabnumber (Post 25295860)

RE: your first question, I know that as long as you buy one ticket with points, you can buy the others with a CC. Not sure about the other questions, sorry!

Originally Posted by dukerau (Post 25297333)

CSP covers tickets purchased with the card. When you buy an airline ticket with a credit card, the passenger name and basic ticket info are transmitted to the credit card company, so they can tell which tickets were purchased with their card. The ticket you use your Flexperks for will not be covered by CSP no matter what you do unless there's a way to use Flexperks for partial (most) of the ticket cost and pay a part with CSP. Just paying award taxes with CSP activates the protections so I think any amount would work.

You can certainly buy the other two tickets separately. If I were in your shoes, I would rely on the CSP coverage for your traveling companions and either self-insure or purchase travel insurance for yourself. As for seating, as long as the airline you book allows seat selection in advance (most do but there are a few exceptions), it shouldn't be a problem to sit together. You book your flight with Flexperks, it has a PNR (confirmation record locator). You book the other two tickets with CSP, and there's a new PNR for them. Then you go on the airline's website and put one of the PNR in, find 3 seats available that you want, book the seat or two under that PNR. Log out and back in on the other PNR and book the seat(s) you identified previously. You could also call the airline but it's usually quite simple to do online.

Originally Posted by sexykitten7 (Post 25297995)

NB: CSP benefit only applies to cardholder and immediate family. From MMS

Originally Posted by huge (Post 25311992)

I want to book Alaska SEA-BOS and Delta BOS-SEA

The Alaska flight is $227 and the Delta return is $152, so $379 total, should be 20K flexpoints.

Originally Posted by milemission (Post 25349170)

I need 54 points and am planning to end this account soon.

Originally Posted by cyclotron (Post 25349173)

54 points for what?

Originally Posted by bostonbali (Post 25320855)

Hi all,
My wife is 455 points away from 40K, would rather not put the additional spend on this card (hoping to liquidate the points, and close the card...). I don't have a FlexPerks account, otherwise, I'd transfer the points to her myself.

Hoping for somebody who has 455 orphan points that he/she'd be willing to transfer them to her account. Please PM me if you're able/willing to help out!!!

Thanks,
Bostonbali

Originally Posted by huge (Post 25311992)

Is it just sad reality that a 2-airline round trip will price out higher on the flexperks booking engine than it does if you purchase the 2 legs separately?

I want to book Alaska SEA-BOS and Delta BOS-SEA

The Alaska flight is $227 and the Delta return is $152, so $379 total, should be 20K flexpoints.

Flexperks prices that as something like $450 total, so it wants 30K flexpoints to redeem.

Originally Posted by jk2 (Post 25389699)

Is it correct, that if a ticket costs like $801 (which will be 50K points), you can ask agent to charge 40K and pay $1 in cash? I read somewhere, but cannot find it. A ticket I'm interested costs $801.69 and US Bank Travel center is closed for holiday.

Originally Posted by newsmanhoss (Post 25390630)

They used to allow that, but a customer service agent recently told me that is no longer allowed.

Originally Posted by newsmanhoss (Post 25390630)

They used to allow that, but a customer service agent recently told me that is no longer allowed.

Originally Posted by huge (Post 25378407)

Can anyone confirm if it is possible to buy a $50 (minimum) Delta Gift card on the day of travel (on a Delta flight purchased with Flexpoints of course) and get reimbursed $25?