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Tag: American Express

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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Don’t be blinded by loyalty and burn a pile of money: shop around

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A couple of months ago, I put together a resource page on hotel chain Best Rate Guarantees. I recently had occasion to put one of...
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Maximize Hilton resort credit without staying every year

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I've written quite a bit lately about hotel credit cards, specifically noting my intention to migrate away from the many flavors of Marriott. I...
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Keeping an SPG card after all…

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Last week, I wrote about plans to dump all of my Marriot and SPG credit cards (See: Sending the Marriott and SPG cards off...
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Is there a hurry for the Marriott 100K offer? (Answer: No.)

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Since its launch in May, Marriott has been offering a new cardmember bonus of 100,000 Marriott Rewards points after spending $5,000 in the first three months...
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(EXPIRED) $100 back on $500 at Aerolineas Argentinas

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There is a new widely available travel-related Amex Offer out today for $100 back on $500+ at Aerolineas Argentinas. There are a number of restrictions: you have...
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An MS fail: time wasted with the Staples and Lowe’s offers

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We maintain a Manufactured Spending Complete Guide and periodically publish an update on "what still works" (which is due for an update), so I...
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(EXPIRED) 15K Membership Rewards w/ new Raymour & Flanigan offer

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If you're in the market for new furniture, there are two versions out of a new Amex Offer good for either 15,000 Membership Rewards or $150 back...
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(EXPIRED) Up to $100 off at Amazon: working on gift cards

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There is currently a great Amazon promotion offering a chance to save up to $100 on an Amazon purchase when you use at least one Membership...
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Sending the Marriott and SPG cards off into the sunset

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Over the past couple of years, when someone would ask me for advice on hotel credit cards, I would almost unequivocally say that one...
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(EXPIRED) New Staples offer to stack: 2x Membership Rewards (extra 1x)

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There is yet another new Amex Offer out today, this time for Staples.com. I found this offer on cards that earn Membership Rewards points: "Get 2x...
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(EXPIRED) Carnival Cruise offer: 7500 points / $75 back on $350

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There's a new targeted offer out this morning for Carnival Cruise Lines: Spend $350+, get either 7,500 Membership Rewards points or $75 back depending on which card is targeted...
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(EXPIRED) Sam’s Club targeted offers ($15 back on $50 or $10 back on $30)

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There are new targeted offers out today for Samsclub.com. The interesting thing is that the offers are not all the same. While I received offers for...
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Is Hilton considering new elite benefits?

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Hilton is without a doubt the easiest hotel chain with which to snag elite status: simply holding the right credit card will get you...
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Nationwide: Prime members get 10% off sale items at Whole Foods

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Starting on Wednesday, June 27th, Amazon Prime members will get 10% off on yellow-sign sale items at Whole Foods. This promotion has previously been available in select markets,...

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