American Express Membership Rewards Program Review

The Membership Rewards Program from American Express allows you to earn points for every dollar you spend with your eligible American Express card. There is no limit to the number of points you can earn and your points never expire. The program is a built-in feature of most American Express cards. You might already be enrolled, but if you’re unsure, you can log into your online account and check. This article provides an overview of the rewards program and a list of eligible American Express cards.

Earning Points

Once you are enrolled in the Membership Rewards Program, you can earn points every time you use your Card. Using your Amex card for every day purchases is a fast and easy way to earn points.

If you ever get to a point where you don’t have enough points to redeem your reward, you can use the Points Advance® feature to help build your points. With the Points Advance feature, you can advance up to 15,000 points. You can also purchase additional points at checkout so you don’t have to wait, either.

Here’s how you can earn your points:

  • Use your Card: Earn points for virtually every dollar you spend on your Card.
  • Bonus Points Partners: Go to the Earn Points section of membershiprewards.com to explore opportunities to earn up to 10X points when you shop with select partners.
  • Automatic Bill Pay : Pay your recurring bills through American Express to earn more points.
  • Additional Cards: Get points faster by sharing the privileges and benefits of your account.

Using Your Points

You can redeem Membership Rewards points for a variety of rewards that are just for cardmembers at membershiprewards.com. You can also check out the more than a million products offered online at shopamex.com, where you can use points. And if you don’t have enough points, you can use points in combination with your eligible American Express® Card.

You have a variety of options to redeem your points for travel . You can use your points to pay for vacations, you can transfer points between accounts, and you can redeem your points for travel certificates. Here are some of the options you have when it comes to using your points for travel:

  • Pay with Points : Pay for all or part of your next trip using Membership Rewards points. Fly any airline anytime with no blackout dates or seat restrictions. You can also book hotels, cruises, and vacation packages simply by going www.membershiprewards.com/paywithpoints.
  • Transfer Points: Top off your frequent traveler accounts by transferring Membership Rewards points to your linked frequent flyer/frequent guest accounts. Get the points needed for a reward flight, stay, or upgrade.
  • Certificates: Use Membership Rewards points for exciting travel reward certificates, including hotel stays, flights, theme parks, adventure travel, or car rentals.
  • Flight Finder Room Finder: Search for reward travel, transfer Membership Rewards points to your favorite frequent customer programs, and book your flight or room entirely with points, all on the Membership Rewards website.

If you like to shop then you will enjoy the shopping benefits the program offers. You can use Membership Rewards® points on www.Amazon.com to pay in full, or pay in part and use your American Express® Card to cover the rest. All you do is go to www.Amazon.com/membershiprewards and complete a one-time registration and then start shopping. You can use points or a combination of points and your eligible American Express Card to choose from more than a million products from some of your favorite online stores and this is all done without leaving the shopamex.com site.

How To Enroll

The Membership Rewards program is a built-in feature of most American Express® Cards and you might already be enrolled. If your Card is not enrolled, just log in to your account, select the “Points Summary” link, and then the enroll button. You may link all of your eligible American Express® Cards to the Membership Rewards program, along with any Additional Cards you have on these accounts. You can also link any eligible Corporate Card issued in your name for a fee.