Back in 2008, Rob and I went to the Canadian Rockies for a week for our 10 year anniversary. We went to Banff and Lake Louise and stayed at The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise respectively. We did not stay for free on points. In fact, as a member […]
Category: American Express Membership Rewards
About American Express Everyday Card
Card Highlights American Express EveryDay 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 […]
About American Express Platinum Card
Card Highlights American Express 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 use […]
About American Express Business Gold Card
Card Highlights American Express Business Gold 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 […]
Earning and Accumulating American Express Membership Rewards
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate American Express Membership Rewards points. 1. Points can be earned by using one of a variety of American Express credit cards that earn Membership Rewards Each credit card gives some sort of bonus on spending that you are likely already doing (and are […]
British Airways Avios Points Got Us To London On British Air Business Class -We saved $12,000 On Flights And Another $3,000 On Our Stay
Family trip to London-check. And what a trip it was as we flew ON AVIOS POINTS to London on British Airways Business Class. Wow what an experience!!! Amazing food, seats that turned into beds, an abundance of outlets for charging, a pre boarding lounge with tons […]
Matmid Points Got Us Free Flights to Israel on El Al–We saved about 10K!!!
El Al is an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner. Membership Rewards points can be transferred to EL AL’s frequent flyer program, Matmid. At the time of this post, 1000 American Express Membership Rewards points equals 20 Matmid points. Over many many years, I have had Rob accumulate his Membership Rewards points in anticipation of […]
Ways To Use American Express Membership Rewards Points To Book Free Travel
American Express Memership Rewards points are earned by using certain American Express cards. Once you have earned the points, how do you then use the points for free travel? I have listed the methods below. Also, you can read about how The Points Mom used American Express Membership Rewards points for free travel to […]