Simple way to complete Amex Milestones etc?

[baran12]

Since Amex has a low acceptability and I saw people buying amazon gift cards, I randomly searched if Amazon Pay Balance can be used in UPI transactions.

It seems yes, amazon pay balance can be used to scan ay QR codes to make payments. So this is a clear cut way to complete payments and earn Amex points?

Like earn points for buying amazon gift cards and then use that money at small shops, restaurants, petrol pumps etc. Is it this easy or am i missing anything here?

 

[AlgoTrader]

You can't use it

 

[dadofjohnwick]

people would've been looting amex if this would've been allowed. lol.
sadly tho, you can use it for shopping, paying bills and use it in some other apps that have amazonpay as a wallet payment option.

 

[baran12]

What is this then? Did I misunderstood anything here?

 

[akshayhs]

What is this then? Did I misunderstood anything here?

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There are two components of Amazon pay balance:
1. Gift card.
2. Money added manually.

Gift cards added to your account fall under #1. You cannot use balance of #1 for QR payments.

 

[baran12]

Thanks man, I didn't knew that.

Can we use it to pay advance income tax and NPS? Will I incur any additional cost? I've MRCC. Will I get RP or will it atleast help achieve 20k monthly milestone RP benefit or yearly benefit?

 

[AritraSaha]

There is two components to Amazon pay balance.
Money & gift card.

You can use money for anything,(upi transfer, payment)

But the gift card can't be used for upi..

Click on the balance amount to check the two components.😄

 

[SSV]

Can we use it to pay advance income tax and NPS? Will I incur any additional cost? I've MRCC. Will I get RP or will it atleast help achieve 20k monthly milestone RP benefit or yearly benefit?

Not sure about additional cost.. Probably whatever the gateway costs that are apllied, will be the same for Amex...
About RP, regular RPs in some govt expenses won't fetch.. but I believe in your case my guess is they will earn ..
About 20K milestone definitley counts..
The below is the official list where ou won't earn regular RP..

 

[AlgoTrader]

You can't pay advance tax Or for NPS using gift card balance of Amazon pay

 

[sousnake]

Thanks man, I didn't knew that.

Can we use it to pay advance income tax and NPS? Will I incur any additional cost? I've MRCC. Will I get RP or will it atleast help achieve 20k monthly milestone RP benefit or yearly benefit?

You can use mrcc for NPS. I paid last two months. for 5k i have to pay ~45 extra.
In Sept - I got normal reward points + 2k for monthly milestones
In Oct - did not got rewards points but got 2k for milestones.
Will try again in Nov.

 

[rj_arora]

Is there any link where I can learn about all the Plat travel card benefits and how to maximise the returns using that? I got it yesterday FYF, but I have no idea how to use it 😛

 

[4uziaul]

Check this

Amex Trifecta - Optimal Usage Guide

Sometimes back I wrote a handwritten note on how to maximise the utilisation of AMEX Trifecta and shared over Twitter, so here's the guide. Hope it helps The Cards used here are the followings: 1. AMEX Membership Rewards Credit Card 2. AMEX Platinum Travel Credit Card 3. AMEX Gold Charge Card...

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And try searching the forum.

 

[SSV]

Guys,
— This is For those who don’t know about time zone issue of Amex transactions..

I have done two 1.5k transactions on Oct 1 at 1:00 am IST and rest of two on 2/10 for my MRCC..

Issue :No automatic award of 1k bonus points

I didn’t get bonus 1k points as the first two transactions were dated on 30/09 in Amex books according to the US time zone..

Resolution : Contact CC and manually raise a request

For this, we need to manually raise the issue and it took 3 days for me get the bonus points..
So , be mindful of this issue…

 

[harsh1387]

Guys,
— This is For those who don’t know about time zone issue of Amex transactions..

I have done two 1.5k transactions on Oct 1 at 1:00 am IST and rest of two on 2/10 for my MRCC..

Issue :No automatic award of 1k bonus points

I didn’t get bonus 1k points as the first two transactions were dated on 30/09 in Amex books according to the US time zone..

Resolution : Contact CC and manually raise a request

For this, we need to manually raise the issue and it took 3 days for me get the bonus points..
So , be mindful of this issue…

You were in a hurry to complete the first monthly milestone 😉

 

[SSV]

You were in a hurry to complete the first monthly milestone 😉

Yes, I follow "Objective driven behavior." .

 

[seekndestroy99]

Guys,
— This is For those who don’t know about time zone issue of Amex transactions..

I have done two 1.5k transactions on Oct 1 at 1:00 am IST and rest of two on 2/10 for my MRCC..

Issue :No automatic award of 1k bonus points

I didn’t get bonus 1k points as the first two transactions were dated on 30/09 in Amex books according to the US time zone..

Resolution : Contact CC and manually raise a request

For this, we need to manually raise the issue and it took 3 days for me get the bonus points..
So , be mindful of this issue…

So what is the cut off time for month end transactions?

 

[aceventura]

So what is the cut off time for month end transactions?

If you want to be conservative 3-4 days before month end

 

[rogerthat]

Thanks man, I didn't knew that.

Can we use it to pay advance income tax and NPS? Will I incur any additional cost? I've MRCC. Will I get RP or will it atleast help achieve 20k monthly milestone RP benefit or yearly benefit?

You can use Apay GV balance on a number of third party websites for payment, Uber being the most frequently used (you also get 5% cashback). I once bought a Samsung microwave from their website using Amazon Pay GV balance.

 

[SSV]

So what is the cut off time for month end transactions?

Minimum 2 days.. better to give 3 days..