I was poking around the Amex website today, and stumbled across this...Sounds pretty definitive that the Amex Mall is now truly dead...
The Earn Points website (also known as membershiprewards.com/earn) will be discontinued as usage was less than expected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We want to thank you for being an American Express® Cardmember. We're working hard every day to provide you exceptional customer service, great value, and compelling rewards. We look forward to your continued business.
We are dedicated to providing value to our loyal Cardmembers and hope you can take advantage of other great ways to get additional Membership Rewards points
http://www.membershiprewards.com/cat...=Earn%20Points
More and more spend to Chase UR now, and probably kill off all but one of my Amex as well once fees are due.
Edit: Ooops. I now see the Points Guy had already posted about this up-thread, though it did not come across very clearly without clicking on his link. I will leave the text posted here for clarity.