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Amex Travel Adds More Than One Million Airbnb Listings
· New York time
American Express added more than one million Airbnb listings to Amex Travel, allowing customers to earn membership points on prepaid bookings. The expansion brings short-term rentals further into a travel platform already associated with cardholder rewards. The immediate change is broader booking inventory and a points-earning route for prepaid reservations. It does not establish that every listing is a luxury property or that a booking through the platform is always the cheapest option. For the businesses, the arrangement connects a large rental marketplace with an established financial-services travel channel. For customers, it adds another place to compare booking terms. The vacation may involve escaping daily routines, but the checkout process has successfully brought the rewards calculation along in its carry-on.
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