Amex Membership Rewards’ New Point.me Award Search

Amex has just launched a new partnership, which makes it easier to redeem Membership Rewards points for maximum value…

Amex’s point.me for Membership Rewards points feature

I’ve written in the past about point.me, which is an award search tool that’s intended to make it easier to redeem your points (full disclosure — I have a small stake in point.me, as in early 2022 my award consulting service, PointsPros, joined forces with point.me). A point.me membership usually costs $12 per month or $129 per year for unlimited award searches, though there’s a new option for those with cards earning Amex Membership Rewards points.

Thanks to the new point.me for Membership Rewards points collaboration, those with eligible Amex cards can log into their Amex accounts and then do award searches with point.me, without even needing an additional membership.

The only catch with this collaboration is that you’ll only see redemption options available with Amex Membership Rewards points. Fortunately Amex has more transfer partners than any other transferable points currency, so that covers quite a few programs. So this could in some ways come in handy if you’re looking for help with redeeming other points currencies as well.

This is another great perk of having an Amex card, since this is a membership that some people would otherwise pay for.

This demystifies maximizing Amex points

As any miles & points geek knows, the trick to maximizing transferable points currencies is to understand the frequent flyer programs that you can transfer your credit card points to. You often don’t want to transfer your points to the program of the airline you actually want to fly with, but rather you want to transfer the points to the program offering the best redemption value. Those are often not the same, and this is where there’s a ton of value with programs like Air Canada Aeroplan, Avianca LifeMiles, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, etc.

The beauty of point.me is that it really demystifies this for the average consumer. You can just enter your origin, destination, desired travel date, and class of service, and then you’ll see all the options that are available with your points.

This means you don’t actually have to know the redemption values of the different programs and don’t have to search availability with each program independently, as point.me takes care of that for you. Then point.me even gives you a step-by-step guide of how to transfer your points, since that can also be confusing.

Bottom line

Amex Membership Rewards has a new partnership with point.me, allowing those with eligible cards to use point.me to search for award availability. This is an exciting new collaboration that should benefit all kinds of consumers who want to maximize their rewards.

What do you make of the new Amex & point.me collaboration?