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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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After upgrade to SPG Lux, how soon do purchases count & trigger credits?

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Despite previously stating that I would send my SPG / Marriott cards off into the sunset, I bit the bullet last week and upgraded to...
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(EXPIRED) Targeted transfer bonus to Cathay Pacific from Membership Rewards

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American Express is offering a targeted transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. Depending on your offer, you may be targeted for a 10-30%...
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(EXPIRED) 10K Membership Rewards / $100 back on $500 Intercontinental stay [Targeted]

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There is a new targeted Amex Offer out today good for 10,000 Membership Rewards points or $100 back on $500+ in spend at InterContinental Hotels. The cash offer amounts to 20% back,...
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[Expired] Increased Hilton bonuses (up to 150K) now live

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The offers in this post were accurate at the time of publication but have long since expired. See our Best Offers page for current...
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Awesome targeted offers from Amex (10K points) & Citi (5x)

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Over the past year or so, both Amex and Citi have been emailing out periodic targeted spending offers, presumably to those whose spending has dropped...
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(EXPIRED) 15K Membership Rewards for cruise with Holland / Carnival / Princess / more

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There's a new Amex Offer out today for World's Leading Cruise Lines: Spend $750+, get 15,000 Membership Rewards points. If you value Membership Rewards, that's a really nice...
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Contemplating which ultra-premium card(s) to keep

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  With the 2-year anniversary of the Chase Sapphire Reserve card upon us, and the rate with which my 7-month-old son is outgrowing clothes (we're...
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Ouch: Amex clawing back Amex Offers credits

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Doctor of Credit and Miles to Memories have both reported on a very unfortunate development: Amex is clawing back statement credits on people who...
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The Amex 5 credit card limit stands. And and update regarding my accidental SPG...

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A few weeks ago, I accidentally signed up for the consumer SPG card.  I was expecting to see a popup warning me that I...
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The Amex 5 credit card limit may be in question, but 2 in 90...

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On our Best Offers Page under Amex App Tips, we show the following rules (among others): You can have max 5 Amex credit cards,...
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Saturday is last day for up to 425K Marriott/SPG points. What to do?

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Update: While accurate at the time of publication, some of the offers mentioned in this post have since expired. See our Best Offers page...
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Rocketmiles live with MR – and it’s pretty good

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We recently reported that Rocketmiles would soon be offering the ability to earn American Express Membership Rewards points with hotel bookings. That feature is now live --...
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(EXPIRED) 1800Flowers offers: 10% back or $15 back on $50

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There are new Amex Offers out again for 1-800-Flowers. While the inability to sync to multiple cards and/or stack like back in the glory days might...
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Is the Amex 5 Credit Card Limit Gone?

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Yesterday, I accidentally applied for the SPG card.  A reader had asked about the new feature where Amex will warn you if you've had...

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