# American Express (AMEX)
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...
An Introduction to Credit Card Balance Transfers (BT)
In addition to lucrative welcome bonuses and everyday cash back, using Balance Transfers to access short-term cash flow is another way people make use of credit cards. Of course, y...
AMEX Is Finally Shutting Down Redbird; Apply for Serve and Get $25
Last year, Target stopped allowing REDCard (affectionately known in the miles-and-points community as “Redbird”) to be loaded with a credit card directly at the Target register, cl...
Some Bluebird/Serve Accounts Shut Down by AMEX
Many people who frequently used AMEX Bluebird or AMEX Serve to load Visa gift cards at major grocery stores have received emails. There have been quite a few unlucky shutdowns repo...
The Domino Effect of a New Credit Card
Minimum spending requirement = overspending + stress? Sign-up bonus = flashy but impractical, or just an excuse for luxury? Bonus categories / AMEX Offers = changing your spending...
