American Express Rewards Catalog

The American Express rewards catalog is the online store in which you can spend the points you have earned by using your American Express card. The reward options are mind-boggling – from trendy electronics to special events and luxury vacation experiences.

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Accumulating Points

With the American Express rewards program, you earn points for virtually every dollar you spend on your American Express credit card. The number of points you earn depends upon where you use your American Express Card. For example:

• Earn up to ten points for every dollar you spend on purchases at special American Express partners.
• Earn three points for every dollar you spend at the American Express Bonus Points Mall.
• Earn one point for every dollar you spend on purchases at American Express merchants.

You can also accumulate points by purchasing points online from American Express. This can be a valuable feature if you find you need a few more points to redeem for a specific reward offered in the catalog.

Award Levels

Three levels of awards are available in the American Express rewards program. The level of award is based on the type of card:

• Membership Rewards Express – Offered on American Express Blue, Business Management Account, Platinum Business and Optima Platinum cards
• Membership Rewards – Offered as a feature of American Express Green and Gold cards
• Membership Rewards First – A super premium awards program for American Express Platinum, Business Platinum and Corporate Platinum Cards

Membership Rewards Express

The Express level is the basic awards program. It features:

• Bonus points – Earn double points by shopping in the online Bonus Points Mall.
• Goods and services – Use your points to purchase from a selection of over 200 brands of shopping, dining and entertainment choices.
• Airline travel – Fly any airline at anytime.
• Hotel stays – Use points to pay for the cost of the hotel stay, including the cost of hotel amenities.
• Limited-time offers – Enjoy offers on concert tickets, special travel experiences and savings on name-brand electronics.
• Travel offers – Experience one-of-a-kind, world-class travel for weekends or around the world.

Membership Rewards

With this award level, you receive all the benefits of the basic Membership Rewards Express level plus:

• Travel reservation assistance – Use the online airline seat finder and hotel room finder to find the perfect choice for your needs. Book your reservation online.
• Transfer points – Arrange to have your points transferred to an airline or hotel frequent stay program.
• Travel certificates – Use points to receive valuable hotel, car rental, travel getaways and spa discounts.

Membership Rewards First

This premier level of rewards includes all the benefits of the other two levels plus:

• Bonus points – Earn triple points by shopping in the online Bonus Points Mall
• Luxury goods – Redeem your points to purchase over 200 brands of luxury fashion, jewelry and other lifestyle goods.
• Airline travel – Receive a complimentary companion ticket for international airline travel.
• Cruise travel – Enjoy special amenities while cruising
• Event tickets – Attend "By Invitation Only" events

Redeeming Points: American Express Rewards Catalog

The online American Express rewards catalog makes it easy to redeem your points. The catalog provides information on all available rewards and the point count required to "purchase" the reward. Four rewards categories are in the catalog:

• Travel
• Shopping
• Dining and entertainment
• Exclusive limited time offers

Easy Shopping

It is easy to browse through the available rewards. You have the option to view the rewards in several ways:

• By category – Shop through all travel offers, with the option of selecting how many offers you see at one time
• By points – You can specify a range of points and the system will sort through all available rewards and present only the rewards which require the amount of points which you have specified.
• By brand – You can specify a certain airline, hotel chain or product brand and the system will automatically present your options for viewing.

Frequent travelers can also take advantage of the option to transfer their available points to an airline or hotel frequent guest program in which they are registered.

Log In to Redeem

Once you have decided how you want to redeem your reward points, a quick log-in process will direct you the easy-to-follow redemption instructions. After log-in you also have access to various options such as purchasing additional points.

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