The Points Mom

I Made A Rookie Mistake And Let My Amex Grocery Spend Exceed The “Limit”

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Ugh, I hit my 6K in annual grocery spend in 2017 and kept using my American Express Everyday Preferred Card.

Recall, you earn 3X Membership Rewards points per $1 spent at supermarkets.

HOWEVER, these 3X bonus points that you earn at supermarkets are on up to $6,000 per year in purchases.  After you spend $6,000 in a given year, you only earn 1X Membership per $1 spent at supermarkets.

I usually am very good about keeping track (by calling Amex periodically) of my spend.  When I hit the 6K I usually switch to another card that I would rather use to spend at supermarkets.  This year that card would be my new American Express Blue Business Plus Credit Card, where I earn 2X Amex points on ALL purchases.  I hit, the 6K back in July (really? ) and have only been earning 1X point on my grocery spend since.  :-(.   Bye Bye Amex Everyday Preferred for the remainder of year and Hello Amex Blue.