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’...

AMEX’s latest big promotion...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A retention offer is one of the hidden values of a credit card. When you’re thinking about closing a card, don’t forget to squeeze out that last bit of value. Based on my recent ex...

Minimum spending requirement = overspending + stress? Sign-up bonus = flashy but impractical, or just an excuse for luxury? Bonus categories / AMEX Offers = changing your spending...

For years, fuel surcharges have been the biggest enemy of using points to book award tickets. Recently, ANA and JAL announced that they will remove fuel surcharges starting Decembe...

Best Western has long been a transfer partner of AMEX Membership Rewards, with every 1,000 MR points transferable to 1,000 Best Western Reward Points. Changes Starting in 2016, Mem...