Rob and I are Aspen bound this summer for one of many trips for my 50th birthday. Although we will likely pay for the hotel, (we want to stay at The Little Nell and I do not have enough Chase Ultimate Rewards or American Express Membership Rewards to book with those), we are not paying […]
Category: American Express Membership Rewards
2018 Is Starting Off Right-33% Increase When You Transfer American Express Membership Rewards To Hilton Honors
Recall that if you are a member of American Express Membership Rewards you can transfer your Membership Rewards points, in 1,000-point increments, to your Hilton Honors account. The transfer ratio was just upped from 1500 Hilton Honors points to 2,000 points! So now, 1000 American Express Membership Rewards points can be converted to 2000 Hilton Honors […]
Virgin America To No Longer Participate In Membership Rewards
With the acquisition of Virgin America by Alaska Airlines last year, it is not surprising about this change in the Virgin America program. I received word from American Express Membership Rewards that as of November 1, 2017, Virgin America will no longer be a transfer partner of the Membership Rewards program. This makes sense as […]
I Made A Rookie Mistake And Let My Amex Grocery Spend Exceed The “Limit”
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 […]
Amex Business Platinum 50% Airline Bonus Benefit Being Reduced To 35%
As an American Express Business Platinum cardholder, you currently get 50% Membership Rewards points back when you use the Pay with Points feature for all or part of a flight with the airline you select. The selected airline is “the qualifying airline” with respect to this new benefit and the $200 Airline Fee Credit. […]
Off To St. Petersburg Once Again For Jessie’s Annual Swim Meet And Once Again For Free JetBlue Flights
Once again we are traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida next month for Jessie’s swim meet. Once again, I booked flights on JetBlue using TrueBlue points. The flights I booked were 30,200 TrueBlue points per ticket. And once again, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these […]
I Just Scored A 10,000 Amex Point Retention Bonus With A Phone Call
As I posted about recently, I am questioning whether it is worth it to keep my American Express Business Platinum card in light of the fact that I just got the Chase Sapphire Reserve, with what I deem to be better benefits. I called Amex to discuss this with them. To keep me, at […]
Delta Business Class Flights To Italy For Rob’s 50th And A Savings Of $7,200
Remember back in early July, I posted about wanting to go to the Amalfi Coast for Rob’s 50th birthday next summer? I told you back then, how I took advantage of a limited time offer and got us each an American Express Platinum Delta SkyMiles card with a 60,000 Delta SkyMiles sign-up bonus. This was in anticipation […]
Free Delta Flights To Portland, Oregon And A Savings Of $1,100
We just made plans to join some friends, this summer, on a trip to Portland Oregon and the Oregon wine country. Don’t forget, our kids go away every summer for 7 weeks!!!!!!!! to sleep away camp. These seven weeks give Rob and I a chance to travel. Since I will not fly with Rob, (I […]
How To Use Those Amex Points Sitting Idle In Your Account
I wish that this, my second newsletter, had a racier subject like my first, which was about “porn”. Luckily, if you missed it, you can access it here. The topic of this newsletter is much drier with lists and even worse, involves some math. Nevertheless, it was inspired by a lot of you who […]