# American Express (AMEX)
AMEX Platinum Gives 5x Points on Airfare and AMEX Travel
The American Express Platinum Card (The Platinum Card) has long been weak at earning points, earning only 1x Membership Rewards points for every type of spend. Compared with Chase’...
The Rumored AMEX Oct. 5 Big Offer
AMEX’s latest big promotion...
Observations From 15 Days Back in China
Two weeks flew by, and I’m back again. First, a quick aside. I had originally planned to summarize the recent clawbacks of the Platinum Card 100,000-point offer, but after reading...
Bad News: 100,000 Sign-Up Bonus Clawback on the May Platinum Card
I got bitten by this too... I blamed myself for being careless: I didn’t get around to freezing it before the September cutoff for annual-fee reversals, and now I’m down to -40,000...
"8/25 Update: The Final Shutdown Wave?" The Death of the Bird Cards (Serve, Bluebird, Redcard)
Redbird is already dead, and Serve and Bluebird are barely hanging on. Who killed them, and how should we respond?...
Amazon YMMV: Get $25 Off Instantly with MR Points Spending Again
Latest news from Slickdeal: use Membership Rewards points through Shop with Points at Amazon and you can get $25 off a $50 purchase. Why is this such a good deal? Because there is...
AMEX to End Pro-Rated Annual Fee Refunds Starting in September; No Refunds After 30 Days
It’s possible that the previously leaked AMEX Platinum 100,000 MR offer and the more recent AMEX Platinum Mercedes-Benz 75,000 MR welcome bonus have prompted AMEX to rethink its an...
The AMEX Offers I’ve Used Over the Years
One AMEX card earned back $805 in less than three years. Have you been using the same AMEX Offers I have?...
"Don’t Panic": Applying for the 100,000-Point AMEX Platinum Offer May Cause Your MR Account to Be Frozen
According to Doctor of Credit, many DPs indicate that people who recently applied for the AMEX Platinum 100,000-point welcome bonus have been seeing an "Unable to process your requ...
AMEX Online Chat with Customer Service: Add an Authorized User to PRG and Get 2,500 MR
5/13/16: The 2,500 MR for the authorized user I added a couple of days ago has already posted. Even though I added multiple cards, I only received one bonus, so it’s possible the C...
Bad News: Rite Aid Now Only Allows Cash Reloads for Serve
As a nearly ubiquitous drugstore chain, Rite Aid had been a very convenient place for manufactured spending, since it allowed Visa gift cards to be used to reload Serve. Unfortunat...