How to avoid excise tax offset fees on points transfers from American Express

If you want to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to a U.S. airline, you may run into a pesky expense: the excise tax offset fee.

This only applies to transferring your Membership Rewards points to domestic airlines. However, there are still methods to book domestic flights with your points without paying the fee.

Here's what you need to know.

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