American Express and Airbnb Launch Exclusive Partnership, Bringing Over 1 Million Listings to American Express Travel®

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 22, 2026--

American Express ® (NYSE: AXP) and Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) today announced an exclusive partnership, bringing over one million Airbnb listings around the world to Amex Travel, significantly expanding the ways eligible U.S. Card Members can plan, book, and earn rewards for travel.

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Beginning today, eligible U.S. Card Members can now book stays with Airbnb through AmexTravel.com or the Amex Travel App™ and earn Membership Rewards ® points on prepaid bookings. The addition of Airbnb gives Card Members more choice in where and how they stay, from city apartments to family homes to premium private residences, complementing American Express’ existing hotel offerings. Additionally, U.S. Consumer and Business Platinum Card Members can now earn the annual $600 Lodging Credit (up to $300 in statement credits semi-annually), previously known as the $600 Hotel Credit, when they book an eligible Airbnb Luxe home with Airbnb through Amex Travel online for two nights or more. They can also unlock access to a new $250 statement credit annually on eligible Airbnb Experiences purchases after making a qualifying Airbnb Luxe booking with Airbnb through Amex Travel online.

“Travel is personal and where our Card Members choose to stay is personal,” said Howard Grosfield, Group President, U.S. Consumer Services at American Express. “By partnering with Airbnb, we’re giving Card Members more choice alongside the rewards, service and exceptional value that define American Express Membership.”

“Guests come to Airbnb for the variety — a loft for a solo trip, a house for a reunion, a Luxe villa for a milestone trip, and the experiences that fill the days in between," said Juan David Borrero, Head of Partnerships at Airbnb. "We're excited to bring more choice and flexibility to American Express Card Members with this exclusive partnership. Both of our companies exist to help people travel more and better, and this partnership helps people see more of the world by making travel more rewarding.”

More Choice Through Amex Travel

Eligible U.S. Card Members can book over one million global Airbnb listings with Airbnb through AmexTravel.com or the Amex Travel App TM, from beach houses and family homes to private island escapes, castles, locations for corporate retreats and more. The addition of Airbnb expands the range of options available through Amex Travel, complementing American Express’ existing hotel offerings, including a curated portfolio of more than 3,400 properties across 116 countries through its Fine Hotels + Resorts ® and The Hotel Collection programs.

After booking, Card Members can view their trip on the Amex Travel platform. Card Members must use the Airbnb platform to manage their stay after booking, including messaging their host, adding co-travelers, making changes, or getting support.

New Ways to Earn Membership Rewards Points

The partnership gives eligible U.S. Consumer and Business Card Members more flexibility to choose the stay that works for their trip while earning Membership Rewards points:

Together, these new earning opportunities expand the ways Card Members can earn Membership Rewards points across a wider range of stays.

New Platinum Card Benefits with Airbnb Luxe Bookings

Card Members can also book a selection of Airbnb Luxe homes with Airbnb through Amex Travel online. Airbnb Luxe offers exceptional private homes in sought-after destinations around the world, each selected by Airbnb for its quality, design and distinctive setting. Airbnb Luxe gives Card Members another premium option for trips when space, privacy or a one-of-a-kind setting matters most.

U.S. Consumer and Business Platinum Card Members who book Airbnb Luxe stays with Airbnb through Amex Travel online can access additional benefits:

Terms apply. Learn more about American Express Platinum Card benefits and the Consumer Classic Green.

*Certain Experience bookings that direct you from Airbnb to a third-party partner platform to make the purchase are not eligible.

SELLER OF TRAVEL

American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. is acting solely as a sales agent for travel suppliers and is not responsible for the actions or inactions of such suppliers. Certain suppliers pay us commission and other incentives for reaching sales targets or other goals and may provide incentives to our Travel Consultants. For more information, visit https://www.americanexpress.com/travelterms .

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ABOUT AMERICAN EXPRESS

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Founded in 1850 and headquartered in New York, American Express’ brand is built on trust, security, service, and a rich history of delivering innovation and Membership value for our customers. We seek to provide the world’s best customer experience every day to a broad range of consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, and large corporations, and we build and manage relationships with millions of merchants across our global network.

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ABOUT AIRBNB

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home and has since grown to over 5.5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences, and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

American Express and Airbnb Launch Exclusive Partnership

American Express and Airbnb Launch Exclusive Partnership

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car.

Nunchucks are a controlled weapon used in martial arts consisting of two or more batons joined by a cord, rope or chain, according to Western Australia state law. Nunchucks can only be carried in public in the state for use in legitimate sports, training or martial arts instruction.

The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and security in a country where lawmakers are highly accessible to the public.

Prosecutors said in a Perth court on Thursday that John Lawrence Smart, 56, was screaming when he entered Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley’s electorate office in suburban Perth on Wednesday, demanding to see her while holding above his head two pieces of wood tied together.

Beazley wasn’t in the office at the time. Two staff members remained safe behind a security barrier in the office and no one was hurt.

“It was confronting,” Beazley posted on social media.

Smart said from the prisoner’s dock that he had been holding claves, not nunchucks. Claves are typically wooden sticks used as a percussion instrument.

Magistrate Heidi Watson refused to release Smart on bail, saying he posed a potential risk to himself and the public. She ordered Smart to be medically assessed while in custody. He had previously been involuntarily admitted to hospital with schizophrenia.

Smart did not enter pleas to charges of being armed, or pretending to be armed, in a way that may cause fear and with making an unlawful threat.

There was no allegation that Smart's alleged behavior was connected to the driver who hit federal lawmaker Helen Haines with his car in the east coast state of Victoria on Monday.

Haines' alleged attacker, Brendan Nugent, appeared in a court on Wednesday on charges including intentionally causing serious injury. He did not enter pleas and remains in custody.

Police are still searching for a motive.

Haines, a 65-year-old independent lawmaker, remained in critical condition on Thursday in a Melbourne hospital where surgeons have amputated both her legs, a health department statement said.

Both the Haines and Beazley incidents have raised concerns about the safety of female politicians, who account for a growing proportion of lawmakers in Australian parliaments. Just under 50% of federal lawmakers and a majority of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Cabinet are women.

Australian lawmakers are some of the most accessible in the world and political violence has traditionally been rare. But there are fears that increasingly toxic public debate driven by social media creates additional risks for elected women.

Albanese said the fact that the threat to Beazley came so soon after the alleged attack on Haines was “just heartbreaking.” Beazley is the daughter of Albanese's former federal colleague, Kim Beazley.

“We can have debate and disagreement, but do it in a way without descending into the sort of violence that we have seen in too many parts of the world,” Albanese told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “It’s certainly not who we are as Australians.”

Albanese attended an online security briefing this week for women lawmakers in his center-left Labor Party. Security agencies addressed misogynistic threats directed at them.

Male and female federal lawmakers agree that women are facing the worst of the online abuse.

“Of course people are concerned. They’re anxious,” Albanese said. “There has been a normalization of behavior that can be very aggressive in a way that wasn’t happening a couple of decades ago.”

Governor-General Sam Mostyn, who is only the second woman to ever serve as the British monarch’s representative in Australia, said that she was abused on social media for speaking at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Haines’ husband Phil Haines.

“Like any woman who has stepped up into any position across any part of our society, there is a unique and pernicious form of attack that comes our way,” Mostyn told ABC.

“Women across the country know that there are certain things that are reserved for women in that attack that go to our gender and they are often vicious and just despicable,” she added.

Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley arrive for a Labor caucus meeting in Perth, Australia, June 6, 2023. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)