Guide to Making the Most of American Express Membership Rewards Card

Use your American Express points to benefit your business

By Andrea Buginsky

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You selected to use an American Express Membership Rewards Card for your business. The AMEX Rewards Card can benefit your business in many ways. Not only can you use the card to buy what you need for your business, you can use your American Express rewards points to acquire equipment, supplies and services for your business. By researching these benefits, you can be sure you are making the most of your American Express Membership Rewards Card.

The first thing you'll want to do to make the most of your American Express Membership Rewards credit card is develop a system to keep track of your points. Once you start keeping track of your points, you'll want to spend them wisely. You can do this by learning all of the ways you can use your points to benefit your business, such as transferring your points for services and taking advantage of the American Express Open program.

1. Track your AMEX membership awards points so you always know how many you have.

2. Transfer and redeem your points for airline tickets, hotel accommodations and other services.

3. Use the American Express Open program to benefit and improve your business.

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Keep track of your AMEX membership awards points

You will be using your AMEX membership awards points from your card to purchase one American Express reward after another. In order to know how many points you have at a moment's notice, and how many American Express Membership awards points you have used, develop a system to keep track of your points.

I recommend: The American Express Membership Rewards website allows you to log in and view your points. American Express Online Services allows you to sign up for an online account to keep track of your charges and points.

Learn how to redeem or transfer your American Express Rewards Card points

There are some services you'll want to use your American Express Membership awards points for that you can't order through their catalog. Some of these services include trading points for airline tickets, hotel accommodations and car rentals. You can even donate points.

I recommend: Business Travel Logue lists the benefits and services you can redeem your AMEX awards points for. American Express Frequent Guest Programs allow you to transfer your AMEX award points for hotel stays, airline tickets and other travel services.

Enroll in the American Express Rewards Card Open program

Many of the American Express Business Cards come with the added benefit of the Open program. This program can help you keep track of your finances, track your card spending, lets you issue cards to your employees with a spending limit, set up a payment schedule that benefits you, receive savings with numerous companies, have access to customer service and network with other Open members.

I recommend: The American Express Open website lets you read about the benefits of the program and see if your card is eligible for an Open membership. American Express Open Small Business provides a web page of Open partners for supplies, services, travel, entertainment and business tools.

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