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Devaluation Amex Gyftr going to add 0.75% fee on Amazon Pay vouchers from Feb 1st

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Effective 1 February 2025, a 0.75% convenience fee + GST will be charged on the purchase of Amazon Pay and Amazon Shopping gift vouchers via e-voucher platform on Reward Multiplier.

Amex has also joined the bandwagon of charging convenience fee on Amazon vouchers. Firstly there is shortage of high denomination Amazon pay vouchers and now this. Received this mail for Plat travel card.

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For someone redeeming from the gold collection, the 72000 spends would make more sense direct on Amazon. As the additional points you would get on multiplier would be 1444 that would be worth about Rs 480. You end up paying 636 for that. Besides the inconvenience of the 250 voucher!
BTW, the higher values on Marriott Bonnvoy that is attributed to Amex points are often misleading as you often get better rates for the hotels on other portals and there would be additional card discounts too.
 
The new increased fees do feel annoying but hopefully they will bring back all denomination vouchers to make it worth it!
 
maheshspanicker said:
BTW, the higher values on Marriott Bonnvoy that is attributed to Amex points are often misleading as you often get better rates for the hotels on other portals and there would be additional card discounts too.
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The whole point of getting into Amex-Marriott ecosystem is to maximize on the membership benefits. There are multiple benefits of booking directly, including but not limited to elite membership benefits, no credit card authorization etc.

Also, it's a myth that third party bookings are always cheaper, because it could swing both ways. For example, Courtyard Mumbai for Feb 14-21 is ₹114,400 on MMT for which you'll have to pre-pay by Feb 12; and the same is ₹108,700 on Marriott for which you can settle the bill at the time of check-out. If you book direct, you earn 10,600 points at base level and 18,600 points at highest level on this booking, which can be combined with Amex points for further booking. One more important thing to note is that MMT coupon codes will rarely work at branded hotels. Even if you end up finding a lower price, the points that you'll earn on direct booking will comfortably compensate for the difference.

In my opinion, if you're going to book a Marriott or Hilton, you should always book directly.

Source: Have spent 250+ nights in Marriott hotels.
 
Amex Gyftr starts 0.75% Convenience fees+gst for Amazon pay and Amazon shopping vouchers from 1st Feb. Bad news for those who use it to only buy Amazon vouchers.
 

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