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No Fees On Amex Gift Cards For Graduation and Father’s Day

May 22, 2013

Buying gift cards can be a great way to meet your minimum spend requirements for credit card sign-up bonuses, as well as to keep earning points beyond sign-up bonuses and even meet spending threshold bonuses. Although many gift cards are merchant-specific, American Express gift cardsare great because they are accepted everywhere Amex are excepted, so [...]

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Last Day to Order Free Amex Bluebird Checks (Update: Extended Until 8/13)

May 21, 2013

Update: Seems like the fine folks at Bluebird have extended this offer until 8/13/13 and waived shipping fees as well! Since its introduction last year, the Amex Bluebird card – a reloadable prepaid card that is hybrid credit card-debit card-checking account – has been one of the most powerful tools in every points collector’s aresenal [...]

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Video SRQ: Does Amex Count Buying Vanilla Reloads as an Eligible Purchase Towards a Spend Bonus

May 19, 2013

Our first question this week is from TPG reader Tony who is looking to meet spend bonuses by purchasing prepaid cards: “Some credit cards, such as the Starwood Preferred Guest credit card from American Express, define eligible purchases as ‘Eligible Purchases means purchases for goods and services minus returns and other credits. Eligible purchases do [...]

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Amex Business Gold Rewards LTO 75K Bonus Through eBay

May 14, 2013

Last week Amex launched a short-lived amazing deal on the Business Gold Rewards card for 75,000 bonus points with just $5,000 spending in 3 months, and while that offer was not around for long, from time to time, other sites like Amazon and eBay get limited-time offers of their own on Amex cards including this [...]

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Video SRQ: Transferring Membership Rewards Points To Maximize A Bonus Without a Redemption in Mind

May 12, 2013

TPG reader Joe is intrigued by the current Amex 35% transfer bonus to British Airways which expires June 7: “Would it be smart to transfer points to British Airways Avios from American Express Membership Rewards with the current bonus if you don’t have a redemption in mind? I was going to transfer some anyway to [...]

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Video SRQ: Should I Cancel The British Airways Visa Before the Annual Fee is Due or Keep It?

May 12, 2013

TPG follower Jake tweeted me this week worried that he may lose his Avios after canceling a card: “‪@thepointsguy‬ time to keep or cancel my British Airways Visa. I still have 91K Avios sitting around. Chase said I would forfeit if I cancel…is that true?” First off don’t worry –  you are not going to [...]

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$10 Off Uber and $5 Off Seamless Food Orders With Amex Sync

May 11, 2013

Amex Sync is an ongoing promotion where you sync your American Express cards to your various social media accounts including Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter, and when you either enter Tweets with particular hashtags in them or you check in at various locations, you get discounts at participating merchants. Though it doesn’t explicitly state it in [...]

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Amex Platinum Airline Rebates For Delta eGift Certificates

May 10, 2013

Last week, Delta launched a new line of eGift certificates that can be redeemed for Delta-operated or Delta codeshare flights that have a Delta flight number. They come in amounts from $50 to $1,000. The certificates are available in $5 increments, and can bought for either yourself or to give to others. Once you buy [...]

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Business Gold Rewards Offer: What Do 75K Amex Points Get You?

May 9, 2013

Update: The current offer for the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card is 50,000 points after $5,000 in spend during the first 3 months. In light the current limited-time 75,000-point sign-up bonus on the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express, as well as the 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios [...]

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Amex Business Gold FAQ and My Top 10 List of Other Credit Cards for the Last Minute App-o-ramas

May 8, 2013

Update: The current offer for the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card is 50,000 points after $5,000 in spend during the first 3 months. I’m getting a ton of traffic and emails today about the current 75,000 point Amex Business Gold deal and people asking whether they should do an impromptu round of applications if they applied [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: Amex Business Gold Rewards Card

May 8, 2013

Update: The current offer for the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card is 50,000 points after $5,000 in spend during the first 3 months. Offer expired on May 9th, 2013: Although the current public offer on the Amex Business Gold Rewards card has been 50,000 points for a few weeks now, it looks as though my affiliate [...]

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Which American Express Business Charge Card To Get? Business Gold Rewards Vs. Business Platinum

May 6, 2013

If you’ve been considering getting a business credit card from American Express, now might be a good time to do so thanks to two decent sign-up bonuses that are out there. The first is for the Business Gold Rewards card, which is currently offering a limited-time bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend [...]

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Video SRQ: Should You Get The Amex Business Platinum For Pay With Points?

May 5, 2013

TPG follower Jeff tweeted at me during the week asking how to utilize American Express Pay with Points: “@thepointsguy I have 800,000 Membership Rewards points along with many hotel points and airline miles. Any advice on how to buy 4 tickets using Pay with Points for an upcoming trip for my family? I currently have [...]

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Why I Got A Delta SkyMiles Platinum Amex

May 3, 2013

As I mentioned in a post last week, I have been thinking about getting a Delta American Express card for a while now, and earlier this week, I finally applied for and was instantly approved on the spot for a new Platinum Delta Amex. Some of the reasons I wanted a Delta Amex include the [...]

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Hilton American Express Cards Bonus Spending Category Changes Go Into Effect

May 2, 2013

If you have either the Hilton card or the Hilton HHonors Surpass cards from American Express, you’ll be noticing some changes on your statements from now on. Starting with the first billing cycle that starts after May 1, both the Hilton HHonors card from American Express and the Hilton HHonors Surpass card, will be reconfiguring [...]

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Targeted Amex 35% Transfer Bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue

May 1, 2013

Now through May 31, 2013, American Express is offering a targeted 35% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Air France/KLM’s loyalty program, Flying Blue. If you’re not yet a member of Flying Blue, you can join here. This offer is targeted and you might notice that when you log into Membership Rewards normally it [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Current Travel Credit Cards (And 10,000 Chase Point Giveaway)

April 30, 2013

Over the weekend I gave a talk at Frequent Traveler University in Tysons Corner outside Washington, DC called “The Points Guy’s Credit Card Thunderdome.” As you might guess from the title, we had a lot of fun debating the relative merits of the various travel credit cards on the market at the moment and putting [...]

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Major Flying Blue Air France KLM Devaluation

April 29, 2013

Late last week, Flying Blue, the frequent flyer program of Air France, KLM and Air Europa quietly rolled out some changes to award redemptions that will affect intercontinental award tickets including that starting in June 2013, it will be raising the number of miles for premium awards on Premium Economy, Business and First Class awards [...]

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New Hilton HHonors AXON Awards Announced – Another Devaluation

April 29, 2013

Hilton’s new AXON award levels were announced over the weekend (hat tip to Mr. Pickles) so we asked TPG Hilton contributor Nick Ewen to take a look at the new options and discuss what they will mean for travelers once they go into effect. In the wake of last month’s massive Hilton devaluation, one of [...]

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SRQ: Does A Credit Card Annual Fee Count Toward The Minimum Spending Requirement For A Bonus?

April 28, 2013

A TPG reader approached me at the Freddies the other day to share a tragic story of major points bonus gone awry. Here’s what she told me: “Back in January, I applied for and got the Platinum Card from American Express during the limited-time offer of a 100,000-point sign-up bonus. You got 100,000 Membership Rewards [...]

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Saturday Recap: 35% Transfer Bonus From Amex to British Airways, 300 Free Priority Club Points, Best Western’s $50 Gift Card Promotion, Double AAdvantage Miles Between New York And Houston, Alitalia Cash and Miles Awards

April 27, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: 35% Transfer Bonus From Amex to British Airways Avios: As a recap from earlier this week, American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios through June 7, 2013. While not quite as generous as recent transfer bonuses of 40% and [...]

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Transferring Amex Membership Rewards To British Airways Avios Versus Cathay Pacific Asia Miles

April 25, 2013

In light of the current 35% transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to British Airways through June 7, 2013, I thought it might be useful to do a comparison of mileage redemption sweet spots between British Airways and Cathay Pacific’s Asia Miles program, another transfer partner of American Express that doesn’t tend to garner [...]

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Maximize Monday: What Do 50,000 Amex Points Get You?

April 22, 2013

In light the current limited-time 50,000-point sign-up bonus on the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express, as well as today’s launch of the a 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios now through June 7, 2013, I thought that for today’s Maximize Monday post, I’d write about American Express Membership Rewards [...]

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Amex 35% Transfer Bonus To British Airways Avios Now Through June 7

April 22, 2013

Finally! It’s been a relatively quiet year for Amex transfer bonuses, but starting today American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios now through June 7, 2013. While not quite as generous as recent transfer bonuses of 40% and even 50%, it beats the most recent [...]

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