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 […]
Category: Reward Program Updates
I Am Trying Really Hard To Accumulate Starwood Points By Spending
Posted 8/24/2015 I love earning extra miles/points on purchases. However, when I am making a purchase that does not fit into a category in which I will earn extra points, I need to decide which card to use. Up until recently, I had been breaking out my Barclaycard Arrival Plus […]
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, […]
Free Flights To Vail And A Savings of $3,100
I love the times that playing this game works so perfectly. It just happened for me. Let me tell you about the flights I just booked. Remember, I recently had Rob take advantage of the offer for 50,000 United MileagePlus Miles by getting the Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Visa. He met the minimum spend of […]
Free JetBlue Flights Again For Jessie’s 2016 Swim Meet And A Savings Of $600
Once again we plan to travel to St. Petersburg, Florida for Jessie’s swim meet. Once again, I booked flights on JetBlue using TrueBlue points. The flights I booked were 19,400 TrueBlue points per ticket. And once again, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these tickets. Well […]
Hoping All Four Nights Become Available On Marriott Rewards Points For Jessie’s Swim Meet Next April
Once again, Jessie has a swim meet next year in St. Peterburg, Florida. We always stay at The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club. (Marriott Rewards Category 7). I just went to book 4 nights for the meet next April and my search came back as the room was unavailable on points. […]
A Last Free Night In Vancouver And A Savings Of About $250
As a trade off for our really low redemptions for our Air Canada flights, I booked us a 6:40 am flight home. We will need to be at the airport at about 4:30 am. Ugh! Because our flights are so early and we will not be able to […]
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. […]
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 […]
Ritz Carlton Rewards Elite Status Benefits
Now that you know how to achieve Ritz Carlton Rewards Elite status, what do you get with this Elite status? Here are some of the Silver, Gold and Platinum Membership Benefits available at Ritz Carlton Resorts to Elite Members of the Ritz-Carlton Rewards Program and the Marriott Rewards Program (Note-exceptions may […]