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Banking On Rob’s Two Categories Each Month To Be Advertising And Gas With His New Amex Business Gold Card

Rob has had the American Express Business Gold Rewards card (now called the old version) for years because he has his own law firm and he advertises monthly in various forms of media.  With the old Gold card he earned 3X American Express Membership Rewards Points per dollar. With his new version of the Gold card, […]

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If You Have An American Express Business Gold Card, Be Mindful Of Your Category Spend

  Recall that with your American Express Business Gold Card you can choose one of six categories to earn 4x Membership Rewards points per $1. These categories are: 1) Airfare purchased directly from airlines, 2) Advertising, 3)Restaurants, 4) Gas Stations, 5) Shipping, and 6) Computer hardware, software and cloud computing purchases. You earn 1x Membership Rewards […]

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Earn Extra Membership Rewards Points With The Amex OPEN Savings Benefit

                American Express OPEN offers various cards for small businesses such as the American Express Business Platinum card and the American Express Business Gold Rewards card.  Built-in to these business cards is an OPEN Savings benefit.  This benefit provides either a 5% discount or 2 additional Membership Rewards points […]

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American Express Business Gold Rewards Gave Us 8,000 Membership Rewards Points For The Trouble Of My 2 Minute Phone Call

  Recall that as of January 23, 2015, you can choose one of the five categories to earn 3x Membership Rewards points per $1.  (You earn 2x Membership Rewards points in the remaining four categories and 1x points on all other purchases).    These categories are… Airfare purchased directly from airlines Advertising Gas Stations Shipping […]

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