Amex Tweaking Rewards

[Brian_Earl_Spilner]

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-express-tweaks-rewards-for-pandemic-2020-4

I haven't seen these tweaks. Has anyone else?

[Andypanda]

Just looked ag my accounts, platinum, bce, bbp, and Amazon buisness prime, and saw no changes.

[mikesonthemend]

Certainly got stingy with me regarding SUBS.

[Brian_Earl_Spilner]

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@Andypanda wrote:

Just looked ag my accounts, platinum, bce, bbp, and Amazon buisness prime, and saw no changes.

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That's what I'm saying. I didn't see any boosts or point doubling, unless it was only specific cards? I would have expected it to be all over the forums at that point.

[Anonymous]

I've heard about this but haven't seen any in my offers as of yet either.

[M_Smart007]

Amex Tweaking  .. they pretty much "Tweak" all the time

[UncleB]

I think the article was referring to this:

The few "deals" that I looked at still weren't a bargain, even at 30% off the points required.  (By that I mean not even at a 1 MR to 1¢ value, which most on here wouldn't consider anyway.)

[NRB525]

When AMEX starts at a redemption value of $0.007 for gift cards, a 30% bonus doesn't get up to 1c value. I already have a specific GrubHub 10% offer I put on my Green card. 

[Anonymous]

Just read this article in my news feed this morning and was about to hop over and ask about it myself. I feel like it was kind of poorly executed and I need to reread it three to four times to even sort of understand it. 

I was hoping the Grubhub offer would be a universal thing since I order from there about five times a week. I doubt I'll ever get a targeted offer from them again since I absolutely wore out the one I had last year.

Too bad it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of extra bonus value to be had here. I'm having a tough time using my Amex right now and was looking for an excuse to do so. No need to add to an already sizeable bank of MR when I can't even imagine the vacation I'd use them on right now. Plus, the straight cash back just feels better right now. Sticking with the Propel unless that changes.

Edit- Also checked my account just now and saw MR would redeem for statement credit at .75 rather than the usual .60, which is still a bad value. 

[Brian_Earl_Spilner]

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@UncleB wrote:

I think the article was referring to this:

The few "deals" that I looked at still weren't a bargain, even at 30% off the points required.  (By that I mean not even at a 1 MR to 1¢ value, which most on here wouldn't consider anyway.)

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I'm meh about that part. What caught my attention was doubling the rewards earned. While I'm sure it will never happen, 8x MRs for grocery and dining would be awesome.