American Express Membership Rewards - No more travel companies in MR shopping mall?
flymonthly
Jun 21, 12, 12:56 am
I just signed into the MR website to book a Radisson hotel room and get the 3X bonus MR points and find that there are NO travel companies (car rental, hotels, etc.) listed at all. In fact, the Travel category that used to be in the menu on the left is gone! I tried searching for some of the brands that used to be there like Avis and nothing is returned.
Did I miss the memo? Hopefully this is just temporary and they'll be back shortly, but I'm kind of worried about the removal of the whole Travel category.
I went to http://membershiprewards.com/earn and verified that the Travel category is missing. I typed: travel in the Search box and 33 icons appeared, including Radisson, but they are all dead, clicking See Details displays no text. It certainly appears that this category has been removed or is being reworked.
Meanwhile, it appears you can earn 1 mile per dollar at Radisson if you book through the UA shopping portal.
flymonthly
Jun 21, 12, 2:01 pm
Meanwhile, it appears you can earn 1 mile per dollar at Radisson if you book through the UA shopping portal.
Thanks for the tip. It looks like having one of the Chase United cards gets an extra mile (2X total) and if I then charge it on a Chase Sapphire card I can get another 2X UR points which can also convert to UA miles for a total of 4X UA miles. Not a bad alternative vs using the cash back sites.
pokeable
Jun 27, 12, 6:07 pm
Any updates? Have 8 nights I was planning to book through the MR webpage...daily checks still have all the travel companies missing :(