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 […]
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 […]
Delta SkyMiles Points Got Us Free Flights to Denver This Summer, A Savings of $650
Remember how I told you that I am going to Colorado Springs this summer and staying at the Broadmoor? Well, tonight I booked the flights to Denver for Rob and myself. Yup, on Delta, and on Delta SkyMiles. Here is how it went down….. First, I am not sure […]
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 […]
About American Express EveryDay Preferred Card
Card Highlights American Express EveryDay Preferred Card is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get Started To […]
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 […]
About American Express Business Platinum
Card Highlights American Express Business Platinum Card is a Charge Card With a charge card, there are no interest charges because you pay your balance in full each month. If you become eligible, you may be given the option to extend payment over time on certain charges using Amex’s Pay Over Time feature(s). If you […]
Annual Free JetBlue Flights To Jessie’s St. Petersburg Swim Meet
Every year I travel to St. Petersburg, Florida with my daughter for a swim meet. We almost always fly JetBlue to Tampa. I usually book the flights using TrueBlue points. At this point, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these tickets. Well the first way […]
About American Express Membership Rewards
You gain access to the American Express Membership Rewards program by being a card member of certain American Express credit cards. In the program, you can EARN American Express Membership Rewards points. You can then USE these points for free travel. Read about how to earn and accumulate American Express Membership Rewards points Read […]