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(Canada) 50% British Airways Transfer Bonus With Amex Membership Rewards Through March 31

March 1, 2013

I’ve previously written about the differences between the US and Canadian versions of the American Express Membership Rewards programs. In general, the US version is a lot more sophisticated and generous when it comes to the number of transfer partners, the standard transfer ratios as well as transfer bonuses. In fact, there are actually two [...]

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Amex Officially Confirms Death of Bonus Points Mall/ Earn Shopping Portal

March 1, 2013

Last July I wrote about “technical difficulties” that had temporarily shut down American Express’ shopping portal. This was frustrating, because the Earn Portal was a quick and easy way to earn extra Membership Rewards points for shopping at popular retailers- much like the existing mileage and points portals offerered by numerous airlines and credit card [...]

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My Ranking of the Top Five Limited Time Travel Rewards Card Offers

February 27, 2013

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. Update: The 50,000 point sign up offer for the American Express Premier Rewards Gold card is no longer available through the Card Match Tool. They say timing is everything, and that certainly holds true [...]

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Saturday Recap: Up to 50,000 Amex Points, 1,000 Bonus SPG Points for Sheraton Club Stays, Delta Enhancing Transcontinental Flight Services, Pre-Reserve Meals on American, Wyndham Updates Award Chart

February 23, 2013

Update: The 50,000 point sign up offer for the American Express Premier Rewards Gold card is no longer available through the Card Match Tool. Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: Amazing Deal – 50,000 Membership Rewards Points for the Amex Premier Rewards Gold: Earlier this week, American Express released [...]

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Amex Business Platinum Card Bonus Back Up to 25,000 Points

February 20, 2013

On the heels of increased offers for the Premier Rewards Gold and Delta Amex, American Express is upping the signup bonus on the Business Platinum Card to 25,000 Membership Rewards points after spending $5,000 in the first three months of cardmembership- up from the most recent bonus of 0 points. It is possible to get [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: 50,000 Points for the Premier Rewards Gold; 45,000 Miles for the Amex Delta Gold & More

February 20, 2013

American Express’ most lucrative offers are ones that are often targeted and not available to the general public. They have an exclusive relationship with Creditcards.com and their Card Match tool that allows you to see if you have any of these special offers targeted towards you. I just went on and saw four offers that [...]

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SRQ: What’s The Best Use Of Amex Points To Get To The Caribbean?

February 17, 2013

TPG reader Craig is sitting on some American Express Membership Rewards points that he wants to use to get to the Caribbean. Here’s what he wants to know: “I have 525,000 points I earned with an American Express Business Gold Rewards card. I travel to several Caribbean islands each year and usually fly with US [...]

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Leveraging Credit Cards and Points for Concerts and Experiences

February 13, 2013

Although I personally prefer to use my points and miles for premium travel, going to the Grammy’s this past weekend made me reconsider when it might be a worthwhile idea to use points for experiences like when I considered redeeming points to attend the Conde Nast Visionaries Gala last fall (I ended up paying instead [...]

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Amex Sync: Get a $25 Amex Gift Card for $15

February 12, 2013

Update: This offer was pulled in advance, but stay tuned for more American Express/Twitter deals. Right now, you can essentially get $10 for free by purchasing a $25 American Express Gift Card for only $15 by March 3, 2013. Here’s how: You must have an American Express Card that is synced with Twitter (see sync.americanexpress.com/twitter [...]

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Canada Amex Platinum 60,000 Points Sign-Up Bonus

February 11, 2013

Although the current public offer on the Platinum Card from American Express in Canada is 50,000 Membership Rewards points when you make $1,000 in purchases in the first three months, TPG reader Erik points out that there is actually another offer on the card for 60,000 bonus points when you make $3,000 in purchases in [...]

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Amex Launches Rewards Reference Site

February 6, 2013

Keeping track of which specific benefits, bonus spending categories, and other perks each of your credit cards carries can be a daunting task, especially for points newbies, but also for more experienced hands. Many of my big day-to-day decisions revolve around which card to put which expenses on depending not only on how many points [...]

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Two New (Small) Benefits Added To The JetBlue Amex

February 4, 2013

American Express has announced two new benefits to its JetBlue Card starting today, January 31, 2013. The current offer on the credit card is: Get 20,000 TrueBlue points after you spend $1,000 in your first 3 months of Cardmembership. Get a $0 introductory annual fee for first year of Cardmembership, then $40. Jet for less. [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: What to Do When Amex Does Not Honor Sign-up Bonus

February 3, 2013

TPG reader Yuki asks: “I applied for the AMEX Platinum Card in October 2012, got approved and received the card in less than 24 hours.  I spent the required $2,000 in three months but have not received the 25K bonus points.  I contacted them a couple of times on the phone and received this elusive ‘you are [...]

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Highest Starwood Canada Amex Signup Bonus Ever: 21,000 Starpoints For Charging $1,000 in First 3 Months

February 2, 2013

Although the sign-up bonus for the Canadian Starwood Amex is usually just a paltry 5,000-10,000 points, last October, the signup bonus for the card hit 15,000 points. Now, however, the Canadian Starwood Preferred Guest credit card from American Express is sweetening the deal with its highest-ever sign-up bonus of 21,000 Starpoints when you spend $1,000 [...]

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American Express Extending 20% Pay with Points Rebate for New Amex Platinum Cardholders Through October 31, 2013

January 31, 2013

A few months ago, American Express announced that the 20% rebate on Pay With Points (so that points are worth 1.25 cents each rather than just 1 cent each) that cardholders of the personal version of the Platinum Card get as a benefit will end in February. However, TPG reader Marc-Andre wrote to let me know that he [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Reasons to Get a Business Credit Card

January 29, 2013

Last week’s limited-time 75,000-point sign-up bonus offer for the Amex Business Gold Rewards card was a good reminder that many of the credit cards currently on the market that are geared towards business carry rewards and benefits that are just as great – and sometimes better – than the personal credit cards that are out [...]

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Last Day To Apply for the Amex Business Gold Rewards 75,000 Point Offer

January 28, 2013

Update: There is no current sign up bonus for the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card. Last week I wrote about a great limited time offer from American Express on the Business Gold Rewads card- 75,000 points after $10,000 spent within the first four months. Per the T&C of the bonus offer, so if you were [...]

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Saturday Recap: 75,000 Points for Amex Business Rewards Gold, Save $100 on Admirals Club Membership, Bonus Club Carlson points with Budget, Earn Delta SkyMiles for Joining a Wine Club

January 26, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: 75,000 Points for Amex Business Rewards Gold: As a recap from earlier this week, Amex announced a great sign-up bonus for their Amex Business Rewards Gold Card of 75,000 bonus points for spending $10,000 within the first 4 months of having the card. This offer [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: 75,000 Points for Amex Business Rewards Gold

January 22, 2013

Update: There is no current sign up bonus for the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card. Amex periodically runs 75,000-point limited time offers for the Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN using Bonus ID A3P6 prior to termination of this offer, but in no event later than January 28th, 2013, and (2) charge $10,000 [...]

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Delta Officially Confirms New Revenue Based Medallion Program

January 17, 2013

Delta just published a press release that confirms what I wrote about yesterday: starting in 2014, US based Medallion members will need to buck up and either spend $25,000 dollars a year on a Delta American Express credit card or spend the following amount of money in addition to accruing regular Medallion Qualifying Miles / [...]

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New Hotels Added to American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts

January 15, 2013

For 2013, American Express has added several new hotels to their Fine Hotels and Resorts collection. The properties they added are: The Ritz-Carlton, Montreal, The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna, Amanzo’e, Krandini-Argolida, Aman Sveti Stefan, Montenegro, The St. Regis Mauritius, The St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort, Hainan Island, The St. Regis Shenzhen, Guangdong, and The Ritz-Calrton Okinawa. [...]

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Amex Platinum Cardholders Update Your $200 Airline Credit Choice By January 31

January 14, 2013

The Mercedes-Benz Platinum, American Express Platinum Card, and Business Platinum all have many valuable benefits, which I’ve outlined before, including the $200 annual airline fee credit, that all help make that $450 annual fee worth it in my opinion. Hopefully a lot of you got in on the recent one-day 100,000-point sign-up bonus offer (when you spend $3,000 in 3 [...]

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Maximize Monday: The Best Ways to Earn Points on Dining

January 14, 2013

It’s a well known fact that you don’t need to step onto a plane to earn miles and points. The credit cards you carry and what you use them to buy are just as important, if not more so, than how and where you travel. Making the most out of your everyday expenses is one [...]

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Video Sunday Reader Question: Using Miles to Get to South Africa For a Honeymoon

January 13, 2013

TPG reader Jon has been reading about my adventures in South Africa and is thinking about going there for his honeymoon (congratulations, by the way!) later this year. Here’s what he wants to know about getting there: “Your recent trip to South Africa inspired me to reach out and see if you had any tips [...]

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