@LS2982 wrote:
@Open123 wrote:I'd bet Amex will have some new launches in Q4. Some double rewards spending in multiple categories.
I would like to see some new AMEX products!
I would like to see Amex have a card similar to the BCE that earns MR points instead of cash back. They have the Blue, but 1 MR point per $1 is not exciting... reward me for catagories, please amex 
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Filed Chapter 13 on 6/1/2017 after job loss. Discharged 6/1/2022.
Goal: Gardening!
Count me in for wanting another Amex card. I'm still going after the BCE, but honestly, it is of little use to me, as I get 5% back from Target where I do almost all of my grocery shopping.
@webhopper wrote:
@LS2982 wrote:
@Open123 wrote:I'd bet Amex will have some new launches in Q4. Some double rewards spending in multiple categories.
I would like to see some new AMEX products!
I would like to see Amex have a card similar to the BCE that earns MR points instead of cash back. They have the Blue, but 1 MR point per $1 is not exciting... reward me for catagories, please amex
I'm almost certain they will.
How about:
Barclays Arrival
Barclays Priceline
BofA Travel Rewards
BofA Better Balance Rewards
US Bank Cash +
US Bank Club Carlson
Each of these is arguably better than the Discover It.
Yes, HLine.
Those are kinda new. I did jump on the Cash + myself. The others were such yawners to me that I didn't even think of them. I guess I was thinking of a real game changer from a major issuer that makes headlines.....like the Freedom or Blue Cash P or E did.....something that makes me go.....ooooh.
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I would luv to see a new Amex with better rewards. That would definitely get me out of the garden.
@09Lexie wrote:
I would luv to see a new Amex with better rewards. That would definitely get me out of the garden.
Pure speculation, but it's nontheless fun, especially on a Sunday afternoon. 
I think we'll see a new Amex charge MR card with a 25K sign up bonus offering 2X points in restaurants, shipping, drugstores and supermarkets with an annual bonus if a certain spend threshold is reached.
Open123,
What you are describing is only negligibly different from a PRG. Personally, I don't see why Fidelity (via FIA) can offer a flat 2pts/2% card on the Amex network but Amex, themselves, will not.
But what would really make me jump at a new Amex is something that flat out beats the reward potential of any competitor. Why Amex, of all companies, is not the king of rewards is beyond me.
I agree- Amex seems to be dragging its heels for some reason.
As I told an Amex Survey person once with regard to my Plum Card when they called me after my survey:
Amex should not be getting beat by Capital One's Spark on Cash Back rewards. PERIOD. Capital One gets a lower swipe fee and has to share it with Visa while charging a lower annual fee. Amex, with the Plum, has a direct advantage on every one of those areas. Amex should be beating the Spark's rewards potential. Plain and Simple. No excuses.