{"id":503037,"date":"2026-06-30T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/503037\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:15:12","slug":"apple-pay-now-lets-you-pay-using-american-express-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/503037\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pay now lets you pay using American Express points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amex-apple-pay-points.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Express has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/en-us\/newsroom\/articles\/products-and-services\/american-express--expands-membership-rewards--points-redemption-.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> a new way for cardholders to redeem their rewards points: they can be used to pay for Apple Pay transactions. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>American Express points can be redeemed during any Apple Pay transaction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/american-express-apple-pay-points.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1059012\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting today, Apple Pay users can use their American Express points to pay for everyday transactions, right within the Apple Pay interface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When checking out online or in stores, American Express cardholders will see the option to select \u2018Use Rewards\u2019 instead of putting the full charge on the card itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are more details, directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/en-us\/newsroom\/articles\/products-and-services\/american-express--expands-membership-rewards--points-redemption-.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the American Express press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible Card Members can apply Membership Rewards points directly within the existing online or in apps Apple Pay payment experience \u2014 without needing to leave checkout, open another app or complete additional redemption steps. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<p>Shop online or in apps on iPhone or iPad<\/p>\n<p>Select Apple Pay at checkout<\/p>\n<p>Choose an eligible American Express\u00ae Membership Rewards\u00ae Card<\/p>\n<p>Select \u201cUse Rewards\u201d during checkout and enter the amount to apply toward the eligible purchase. You can use points to cover all or part of your purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Redeem Membership Rewards points seamlessly by completing the Apple Pay transaction<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a user redeems Membership Rewards points through Apple Pay, Apple does not retain any transaction information linked to the user.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Apple Pay continuing to increase in popularity, this new capability makes redeeming American Express points easier than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/06\/13\/ios-27-makes-it-easier-to-switch-between-apple-pay-cards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Pay UI changes coming<\/a> in iOS 27 to make it easier to update payment methods, perhaps we\u2019ll see similar efforts from other companies in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767635229_987_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43xbZva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782839712_5_MSI-9to5Mac_750x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Express has announced a new way for cardholders to redeem their rewards points: they can be used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-503037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}