What Experiences Can I Have With 20,000 Amex Points?

If you’ve been searching the web about travel points you may have seen the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card often mentioned by bloggers & websites. It has one of the most generous sign up offers (10,000 Amex Points) considering the card has no annual for the first year! You can also be referred by myself for the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card, you will receive an additional 2000 points. Get a referral here – https://pointsuncovered.com/amex-referral-link-uk/

This is my experience using the points system and is not a recommendation of any financial product. There are other credit cards which can earn you travel points including IHG credit card, Tesco Credit Cards (by exchanging Clubcard points for avios, hotel stays and more) & Virgin Atlantic credit card. If you use one of my links for a referral to an American Express card upon you being accepted I will receive points, this varies between 9,000 – 18,000 depending on the card I refer you from.

This is my second part of three articles looking at how you can spend your 20,000 Amex Points. The first part focuses on what hotels you can stay in for 20,000 Amex Points. This part focuses on the experiences you can redeem your points for such as concerts, sports events and unique ‘days out.’ The third part then focuses on where you can fly to with your points!

Where can I see what experiences I can get for 20,000 Amex Points?

You can get a range of various common excursions and trips through Amex Travel however if you are looking for something a bit more special or unique take a look at Marriott Moments, Hilton Honors Experiences and Emirates Skywards

What value should I be aiming to get on a experience redemption?

The value of your points here I would say is purely a personal decision if you value experiences over hotel stays. Whereas hotel redemptions are fixed price depending on several factors, a lot of the experiences are auctioned off to the highest bidder which means normal values can go out the window. If you wanted to compare point value to hotel/flying redemptions divide the cash price by how many points it is. You will then get the pence per point value. I typically value Marriott points at 0.66p, Hilton points at 0.5p and Emirates Skywards miles at 1p.

Sometimes these experiences are truly unique and money can’t buy however with others you can search for the same concert, event or experience and compare cash rate to how many points you are redeeming. This way you can see if the redemption makes sense for your circumstances.

Experience Providers

Marriott Moments

You will need to link your Marriott Bonvoy account to your membership reward account first, if you haven’t got one you can sign up here –
https://www.marriott.co.uk/rewards/createAccount/createAccountPage1.mi – Do remember in the period of time it takes to transfer your points the redemption could go, so take that into account as you won’t be able to transfer the points back.

You can redeem your points for Marriott Bonvoy here https://catalogue.membershiprewards.co.uk/partner/Starwood-Preferred-Guest%C2%AE/SC?categoryname=&linknav=uk-mr-vrp-travelpartners-sc-logo

Check the opportunities here – http://moments.marriottrewards.com

The experiences on Marriott Moments change quite frequently so do check back regularly to see what they have to offer! 30,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (20,000 Amex Points) could get you:

VIP Suite Tickets to FC Bayern München’s Match versus Borussia Dortmund currently at 15,000 points

See Music Legends Fleetwood Mac Perform Their Greatest Hits from Premium Seats currently at 25,000 points

SPG® Luxury Suite: Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin – Florence + The Machine at 20,000 points

Some experiences offered on Marriott Bonvoy, particularly the really unique ones are ran on an auction basis so be prepared to pay through the nose for an experience you really want!

Hilton Honors Experiences

You will need to link your Hilton Honors account to your membership reward account first, if you haven’t got one you can sign up here – https://secure3.hilton.com/en/hh/customer/join/joinHHonors.htm – Do remember in the period of time it takes to transfer your points the redemption could go, so take that into account as you won’t be able to transfer the points back.

You can redeem your points for Hilton Honors here https://catalogue.membershiprewards.co.uk/transfer/step-one?linknav=uk-mr-vrp-travelpartners-hh-transfermypts

Check the opportunities here – https://auction.hiltonhonors.com

As with all the providers the experiences can change quite rapidly so do check back frequently! 40,000 Hilton Honors points (20,000 Amex Points) could get you:

Top Standard James Bay Concert Tickets at 25,000 points

A Seaside & Spaceport Getaway In China at 36,000 points

Private concert with Walk The Moon at 40,000 points

Remember some experiences are auctions where you bid with your points rather than instant redemptions so be prepared to pay through the nose if there is an experience you really want!

Emirates Skywards

You will need to link your Emirates Skywards account to your membership reward account first, if you haven’t got one you can sign up here – https://www.emirates.com/account/uk/english/light-registration/ – Do remember in the period of time it takes to transfer your points the redemption could go, so take that into account as you won’t be able to transfer the points back.

You can redeem your points for Emirates Skywards Miles here https://catalogue.membershiprewards.co.uk/partner/Emirates/Emirates-Skywards/EK-01N?categoryname=&linknav=uk-mr-vrp-travelpartners-ek01n-logo

Check the opportunities here – https://www.emirates.com/account/english/redeem-miles/events/

20,000 Emirates Skywards miles (20,000 Amex Points) could get you:

Arsenal, Real Madrid & AC Milan Tickets from 3,000 points + there is also the opportunity to purchase hospitality tickets which mean you are in a private box with food and drink from just 10,500 for Arsenal Games.

BNP Paribas Open tennis tickets from 6,500 for a general admission ticket or 10,000 for a hospitality package.

Dubai Jazz Festival 2019 tickets from 10,000 with more premium tickets also available to redeem your miles for.

The good experiences do go quickly so keep an eye out if you’re looking for an experience redemption!

Do share with us your best finds for 20,000 amex points in the comments below!