The Points Mom

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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If You Have The Amex Everyday Or Everyday Preferred, Be Mindful Of Your Annual Grocery Spend

Recall that with the American Express Everyday Preferred Card you earn 3X Membership Rewards points and with the Everyday Card, you earn  2X Membership Rewards points per $1 spent at supermarkets. HOWEVER, these bonus points that you earn at supermarkets are on up to $6,000 per year in purchases.  After you spend $6,000 in a given year, […]

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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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