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Earn flight miles with American Express

Do you travel a lot and wonder whether you can earn miles with American Express? The answer is yes, you can, through the Membership Rewards program. Learn about how it works and the other benefits you enjoy when traveling with American Express here.

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Written by Redaktion AMEXperience 26.05.2025

Earn flight miles with American Express via Membership Rewards

American Express offers you the attractive opportunity to collect points with every payment via the Membership Rewards program. Simply register to take part in the program and get bonus points when you make payments with an American Express credit card. You can collect points as the holder of one of the following cards:

  • American Express Platinum Card
  • American Express Gold Card
  • American Express Card

The points you collect can be exchanged for attractive rewards in the Membership Rewards shop. Or you can pay with your points at around 60,000 selected shops, online stores and restaurants. If you travel a lot, another option for redeeming your points can be particularly worthwhile: converting the points collected with American Express into miles with the programs offered by a variety of airlines. This also works in the rewards shop.

Participating airlines

You can convert Membership Rewards points from American Express into flight miles with the following airlines:

  • SWISS (Miles & More)
  • British Airways (The British Airways Club)
  • Air France-KLM (Flying Blue)
  • Etihad Airways (Etihad Guest)
  • Delta Air Lines (SkyTeam)

You can also redeem miles for flights with the partner airlines of these airlines. This significantly increases your choice of travel options.

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Convert points from American Express Rewards into miles

How to transfer Membership Rewards points from American Express into flight miles:

  1. Select the "Transfer points to partner programs" category in the "Travel" section of the rewards shop.

  2. Click on your preferred airline.

  3. Enter the number of points you want to transfer.

  4. Enter your email address.

  5. Click on "Transfer now".

To transfer points, you need to be a member of the airline’s respective program. As the transfer can take a few days to complete, you should ideally start the points transfer in good time before booking your flight. The number of miles credited in return for Membership Rewards points depends on the airline. It is usually one mile for two Membership Rewards points. As a rule, there is a minimum number of points that must be exchanged, for example 1,000 points.

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Good to know

Another tip if you like to travel: In the rewards shop, you can also receive a SWISS flight voucher in return for your points.

Other travel benefits with the Platinum Card

The American Express Platinum Card offers numerous other benefits for you if you like to travel a lot. These include a variety of hotel programs, access to airport lounges and various travel insurance policies.

Your travel benefits with the Platinum Card at a glance

  • Access to more than 1,700 airport lounges worldwide
  • Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection programs with benefits at selected hotels worldwide
  • Premium status in the Radisson, Marriott, Hilton and Meliá loyalty programs
  • Preferential rates for flight bookings with partner airlines
  • Special conditions for rental cars and limousine services
  • Travel Cancellation and Curtailment Insurance
  • Luggage Insurance and Travel Inconvenience Insurance
  • Foreign Travel Medical Expenses Insurance
  • Loss Damage Waiver for Rental Cars

You also benefit with the Gold Card when traveling

The American Express Gold Card also offers interesting benefits for travelers: Foreign Travel Medical Expenses Insurance and Travel Inconvenience Insurance are included. You also enjoy two free admissions per year to airport lounges and discounts on car rental bookings.

Earn miles with American Express Membership Rewards

With the Membership Rewards program, you can discover an attractive range of rewards: If you participate in the American Express bonus program, you collect points every time you make a purchase with your American Express credit card. You can exchange these for a variety of rewards – and convert them into flight miles with participating airlines. The range of participating airlines is huge. You can therefore benefit from especially attractive everyday travel options.

Frequently asked questions and answers

You do not earn flight miles directly with your American Express credit card. However, you can collect points via the Membership Rewards program and convert them into miles with the programs from various airlines. This is possible with the Platinum Card as well as with the Gold Card and the American Express Card.

If you would like to convert points from the Membership Rewards program into miles, you can do this in the rewards shop, where you select your preferred airline, specify the number of points to be transferred and order your transfer. This takes a few days to complete.

When converting points from American Express Membership Rewards into flight miles with the various airlines, one mile is usually credited for two points.

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Earn flight miles with American Express

Earn flight miles with American Express