American Express Blue Cash cards now allow exact redemptions, without requiring it to be a round $25 redemption. There still is a $25 minimum, but once you hit that threshold you can redeem the full amount without being limited to $25 increments.
I was able to cash out $65.31 just now:
This is a very welcome change. They also made the checkout process a bit easier by just requiring an email address, no card number/code.
Hat tip to uscreditcardguide
Does this only work with the personal card? I can’t seem to figured out how to redeem my points for cash on the business version.
Now if they only allowed you to combine CL, like Capital One allows. You could combine 2 cards CL’s, then close the card, wait 30 days and apply for a new card.
That’s good! I took their servey about a month ago complaining about it. Now we need immediate posting of rewards and no minimum redemption.
i was just thinking about this while looking at my 36.01$ reward balance
Does anyone know if “Reward Dollars” can be combined across accounts? I have a BCP and was thinking of also applying for the no annual fee version but the Amex Chat Rep said that they would be two SEPARATE Reward Dollar accounts.
About time!
Good to know – thanks for the heads up OP!
Status of my complaints about Amex Blue Cash Everyday:
1. Delayed posting of rewards— Still not fixed
2. $25 minimum redemption — Still not fixed
3. Must redeem in $25 increments — Fixed
One down. Two to go. I closed my BCE a year ago in frustration. This one change represents progress, but not enough to get me to come back.
Amex is primarily staffed in India by phone reps who are barely intelligible and mostly clueless. It usually takes 7 or 8 inquiries to solve a minor problem. Today their website would sign me out each time I attempted to use my Mem Rewards.
I had that problem trying last week using Firefox. Worked when I used Chrome.
I also had to use Chrome to redeem. Firefox had blank progress bar show forever & never do anything (privacy features turned on). Amex should fix that as Firefox works for everything else without issue.
Try the amex chat. Much better than for example BoA which has customer service based in the US but nonetheless terrible.
sweet. next month is gonna be great.