# American Express (AMEX)
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...
Another Blow: AMEX Small Business Card Welcome Bonuses Are Now Limited to Once Per Lifetime
After AMEX rolled out its once-per-lifetime welcome bonus policy for all personal credit cards, today it has started applying the same treatment to small-business cards. Previously...
Credit Card Retention Offers: Tips and Lessons From My Experience
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...