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With hundreds of posts about American Express Credit Cards, it can be hard to know where to begin! This Complete Guide offers a good summary of information about American Express Membership Rewards, and our Best Credit Card Offers page has an American Express section to feature their best credit card offers.

Here’s what you’ll find in the Complete Guide:

In my opinion, transferable points programs, are the most valuable points to accumulate.  These points can often be used at better than 1 cent per point value to book travel.  Even better, points can be strategically transferred to airline and hotel programs when valuable awards are available.  If you’re at all interested in free travel or luxury travel with points & miles, then you need to understand the basics of each of these programs, including Amex Membership Rewards.

If you’d like to dive deeper, the posts below investigate the nuances of earning, managing, and transferring these Membership Rewards points more deeply.

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Why it’s not worth earning (most) hotel points

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There are 17 hotel credit cards found on our best offers page. After completing the minimum spending requirements to earn the welcome offer, there...
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(EXPIRED) 15% cash back at HP or 10x Avios; stack w/ $50 back on...

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TopCashBack is currently offering 15% back on HP Consumer products. Alternatively, the British Airways Shopping Portal is offering 10 Avios per dollar -- though it's...
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On my mind (Amex airline fee credits and gift card edition)

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Amex Platinum and Gold cards offer a perk that helps offset the large annual fees: airline incidental fee reimbursements.  The idea is that when...
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(EXPIRED) [Clawed back] Stack it: 10% back at Dell with new offer, look to...

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Update: It turns out that these offers can not be stacked, with some people reporting that Amex has clawed back the 10% from the Amex...
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Better than best offers on several cards

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Earlier this afternoon, we published a post about increased offers on the Everyday and Everyday Preferred cards. We published that post when testing our...
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Update: Possibly targeted Increased referral offers: Everyday, Everyday Preferred after minimum purchases

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Update: This post was about increased offers that we saw this afternoon when updating our Best Offers page. However, it appears that they may...
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Amex Adding Terms Excluding Gift Card Purchases To Some Cards

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American Express has started adding terms to some credit and charge cards excluding gift card purchases. While those terms aren't being enforced right now,...
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(EXPIRED) Stack it: $100 Home Depot GC + $10 VGC for $100; get 30%...

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Newegg.com is offering a $100 Home Depot Gift Card with a bonus $10 Vanilla eVisa gift card for $100 until midnight pacific on 7/24/19...
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(EXPIRED) Amex Offering Statement Credits/Bonus Points For Every $200 Spent On Dining (Targeted)

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American Express is sending out targeted emails offering bonus points or statement credits on dining spend. With either 5% back in statement credits or...
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(EXPIRED) Staples offer: Spend $40+, get 1,000 Membership Rewards points

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There is a new current Amex Offer out this morning for Staples or Staples.com: spend $40+ in one or more transactions, get 1,000 Membership Rewards points or $10 back depending on...
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Amex clawing back self-referral points

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Last year, Amex totally overhauled how referrals work, enabling cardholders to refer someone to almost any Amex card and receive referral credit (which varies...
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Greg’s weapons don’t scare me: why 1.5cpp is overrated (#40Kfaraway)

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Greg thinks that the ability to book travel through Chase at 1.5c per point is a huge advantage in our 40K To Far Away...
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(EXPIRED) New offers for Delta & Carnival (check the details)

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There are a number of recently-released Amex Offers available that are valid on travel, including offers for Delta and Carnival. If you have upcoming travels, it's worth...
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(EXPIRED) Emirates: Save $75-$1,000 On Round-Trip Flights From US With Promo Code USAMX19

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Emirates is offering discounts ranging from $75 for economy class flights up to $1,000 for first class flights when booking a round trip that...

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