American Express

American Express Pay with Points

American Express Pay with Points allows cardholders to use the points they have earned through their American Express Membership Rewards program to make purchases at participating merchants. This Global Pay with Points API provides flexibility and convenience to cardholders, letting them apply points toward a variety of expenses such as travel, shopping, dining, and more directly at checkout, and gives merchants and partners a programmatic way to offer real-time points redemption within their own commerce flows.

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Documentation
https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/travel/how-to-pay-with-points/
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APIReference
https://developer.americanexpress.com/products/global-pay-with-points/resources#readme

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: american-express:american-express-pay-with-points
name: American Express Pay with Points
tags:
- Loyalty
- Rewards
- Payments
- Membership Rewards
- United States
humanURL: https://developer.americanexpress.com/products/global-pay-with-points/resources#readme
properties:
- url: https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/travel/how-to-pay-with-points/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developer.americanexpress.com/products/global-pay-with-points/resources#readme
  type: APIReference
description: American Express Pay with Points allows cardholders to use the points they have earned through
  their American Express Membership Rewards program to make purchases at participating merchants. This
  Global Pay with Points API provides flexibility and convenience to cardholders, letting them apply points
  toward a variety of expenses such as travel, shopping, dining, and more directly at checkout, and gives
  merchants and partners a programmatic way to offer real-time points redemption within their own commerce
  flows.