Cruise for free
Did you know you can Cruise for FREE? You can! Use your American Express reward points to buy any vacation. Use as many points as you wish to cover all or part of the price. See below for more details.
Using the American Express Card
The most important thing to understand about the Program is that your American Express card must be charged for the trip. Then, your points will be converted into cash and transferred to the card as a credit.
You can take advantage of the program before or after you've made full or final payment! But the pay with points transaction must be done within 72 hours of the payment date.
And, you can use your points to pay part or in full for your vacation. So if you have enough points to cover the full amount it’s almost like traveling for free! Otherwise, use any form of payment to cover the balance due.
Cancellations and Refunds
Once the points have been converted to cash and used to pay for the vacation, the transaction cannot be reversed and the points cannot be redeposited. If you cancel the vacation, or is in any other manner due a refund on the booking, it will be issued back to the card as cash value by the cruise line or travel supplier.
Eligibility Requirements and Terms & Conditions: Only eligible American Express cards enrolled in the Membership Rewards Basic and Plus tiers are accepted. Eligible cards are all American Express consumer cards and Open Small Business Executive cards. Co-branded cards, Optima, Blue and Corporate cards, with the exception of Corporate cards linked to a primary personal account, are not eligible. Card members must be in good standing with American Express. Accounts must be financially current. A minimum of 5,000 points must be used. The number of points required to cover the desired dollar amount is determined by American Express. A partial payment or a full payment is accepted, however, only one transaction per booking is allowed.* Once the transaction has been completed it cannot be reversed and points cannot be redeposited into the account. Membership Rewards Points are combinable with American Express cardmember benefits, such as Gold Card Destinations or the Platinum Cruise Privileges Program, but are not combinable with other awards programs or airline frequent flyer points. The Membership Rewards Points transaction can occur at any time, even after final payment, however this must occur within 72 hours of making final payment. Paying with Membership Rewards Points is available for cruises, tours, land vacations and tour packages and air travel. Independent car and hotel reservations are not eligible bookings.There are no airline seat restrictions or travel blackout dates. All cruise lines and travel vendors are applicable. Bookings do not have to be made exclusively through American Express preferred partners or American Express Vacations. All transactions are posted to the account in approximately 48 hours and may appear on two separate billing statements. Points must be "burned" within 72 hours of payment made by the client.
*Two individuals traveling together, each with their own American Express account, can each transact points and that is not considered to be two transactions. In addition, if your client's travel experience consists of several components, each with their own reservation number, points may be transacted on separate reservations.
