if you have an American Express and you're planning a trip to Japan

if you have an American Express and you're planning a trip to Japan you can now use your Amex points to book two of the best hotels in Japan and save thousands of dollars let me explain The Palace Hotel and the Akura Hotel were both just named two of the top 100 hotels in the world these are some of the most exceptional hotels in Tokyo and both of these hotels are part of The Leading Hotels of the world and Amex just added The Leading Hotels of the world as its newest transfer partner so you can get insane value for your points and stay at two of the most magnificent properties in all of Japan one night at the Okura traditionally cost $700 right there about you can book that stay for about 34,000 Amex points per night that's like two cents per point that is a phenomenal redemption the Palace cost a little bit more cost around 900 some odd dollars a night you can book that for around 40 some odd thousand Amex points per night still two cents a point there about those are insane redemptions at some of the best properties in all of Japan I know the transfer ratio from Amex to The Leading Hotels of the world looks bad you transfer 1,000 Amex points you get 250 Leading Hotels of the World's points but Leading Hotels of the world has some of the most valuable points on the planet so that transfer ratio is honestly fine because you are getting insane value for your points so again both of these properties are incredible you're not gonna go wrong with either one so I strongly recommend using your points if you've got a bunch of points and you've been trying to figure out how do you maximize them for a trip to Tokyo this is how you do so let me know if you stayed at these properties let me know if you're planning to stay at these properties drop any questions in the comments and as always follow for more tips on how to supercharge your points accumulation elevate your travel and let's work smarter not harder