Stefan Daystrom
Mar 19, 04, 6:17 pm
I just got my latest paper statement in the mail. After my MR point summary section, it has a section entitled "Earn More! New ways to earn points", but the first item in there actually tells you you'll earn LESS:
"Effective May 1,2004, eligible Cardmembers will no longer accurue two Membership Rewards points for virtually every dollar charged at stand-alone hardware and home improvement stores. Instead, Cardmembers will accrue one point for every dollar charged at such stores."
There's a lot of fine print after that, which boils down to saying that this "only" applies to about a dozen different AMEX / ONE / Fidelity branded cards (Green, Gold, Centurion, etc), and that double points will continue to accrue at the other kinds of stores they currently do (grocery stores, etc).
This is identified in the margin as MR Message 6195.
So far, I can't find anything about this online at the AMEX website. In fact, card signup pages there still tout that you'll earn double points at hardware / home improvement stores. But I presume since this is in my printed monthly statement it overrides unupdated info on their website...
"Effective May 1,2004, eligible Cardmembers will no longer accurue two Membership Rewards points for virtually every dollar charged at stand-alone hardware and home improvement stores. Instead, Cardmembers will accrue one point for every dollar charged at such stores."
There's a lot of fine print after that, which boils down to saying that this "only" applies to about a dozen different AMEX / ONE / Fidelity branded cards (Green, Gold, Centurion, etc), and that double points will continue to accrue at the other kinds of stores they currently do (grocery stores, etc).
This is identified in the margin as MR Message 6195.
So far, I can't find anything about this online at the AMEX website. In fact, card signup pages there still tout that you'll earn double points at hardware / home improvement stores. But I presume since this is in my printed monthly statement it overrides unupdated info on their website...