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American Express ‘4-for-us’: The Best Promotion You’ve Never Heard of

October 31, 2021

Last year here on the blog Robert broke the news about the 3-for-all promotion from American Express. This was a referral opportunity–The person doing…

Brandon Asks: Help me Decide How to use Membership Rewards points

July 23, 2018

This week’s Brandon Asks comes from Ray who asks: I’m fairly new to points and miles. I don’t travel a lot, but I want to travel…

PSA: Verify American Express Sign Up Bonuses (Before Spending)

July 3, 2018

Today’s post comes out of a comment I left a few months back on Robert’s Hilton Amex Double Dip post. For the past few…

Bloodied, Black & Blue–The Facts About Blue Cash Shutdowns

October 23, 2014

First: IF you have a Blue Cash Card there appears to be no amount of safe spending that can be put on the card. DO…

American Express Dropping the Hammer–Blue Cash 5% Cards Closed Being Closed Today

October 22, 2014

Very interesting developments happening today. Without notice American Express seems to have started closing accounts of people who have the old Blue Cash 5%…

Detailing a Complex (and Risky) Strategy to Pay Amex Cards at Walmart

August 6, 2014

The game we play changes weekly it seems. Some of the best options from last month are quickly dying, and other new options are…

The 11-Month Itch: Getting an American Express Gold Annual Fee Waived

June 30, 2014

One of the cornerstones of Milenomics is avoiding annual fees whenever possible. For my travel needs I have yet to find a card which…

Adding American Express Offers to Authorized User Accounts

March 28, 2014

We’ve talked a little bit about American express here on Milenomics before. We’ve called Membership rewards, Shadow Currency, Orphan Saviors and Risky Business. American…

Can (and should) You Pool Miles Within Your Household?

October 9, 2013

All this week we’ve been talking about Resource Management of Miles. Resource Management is the grouping of resources to spread out risk and/or maximize…

The Best US Airways Credit Card is a Discover Card?

September 30, 2013

Today US Airways announced a very lucrative bonus on shared miles. Southern Travel Girl wrote a great post about it this morning. This same…