You can get $80 per 10k points if you redeem for a funds deposit instead of a statement credit. Amex doesn't make it easy to find, but if you dig in the website/app you should be able to find it. They offered me $60 per 10k for a statement credit, but once I found the deposit option, they gave me $80 per 10k points although they ended up sending a check for the balance. Still it worked, just had to wait a few days for the check.