The Points Mom

Use Amex Travel And Earn An Extra Membership Reward Per $1

          If you use Amex Travel to book certain travel purchases and pay with your Membership Rewards program-enrolled American Express Card, you will earn one additional Membership Rewards point per $1 spent.  These travel purchases include air, prepaid hotels, vacation packages (flight + hotel packages), American Express Vacations packages or cruise reservations. […]

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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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Can You Transfer Your American Express Membership Rewards to Someone Else’s Loyalty Program Account?

  If you go to the American Express Membership Rewards site, there is an answer to this question.  It reads as follows: “Points are not your property. You can’t transfer points to any other person or program account.” However, I have many of Rob’s loyalty programs “linked” to my American Express Membership Rewards account.  When […]

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Comparing Travel Redemption Options of the Major Banks

In this post, I am going to talk about redeeming points for travel.   This post will not focus on transferring points, but rather on, using points to pay for travel.  Also, as you will see below, some of these cards offer a point discount/bonus when redeeming and others offer a point rebate.  You can […]

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