I have so much to say I don't even know where to begin.
I am looking at my American Express bill page at how many reward points I have. I see I have apparently forfeited 75 points (good to know, I guess). I clicked on the redeem for cash. Then it says you can have your points redeemed as a credit back to your card. What? That's messed up. I thought I said I wanted cash. Who are you to tell me how to spend my cash. Maybe I had no plans to spend it paying you Amex. Douchebags. So, now I'm perusing some other options to spend my "rewards" on some other stuff I likely don't need and will sell at a garage sale. I see for a mere 214,000 points I can get an Apple I-Mac. Then, they have a KitchenAid four slice toaster for 13,200 points or until supplies last (really, as if there is a fear this is going to run out, way to try to put the fear in me. It didn't work). I only have 11,783 points so I couldn't have gotten it anyway, but I am pretty particular about my toaster ovens anyway, and I do actually want another one, but I want a DeLonghi. We had one a while ago and it was the best. I long to get another. It was a wedding gift and I can't recall what happened to it, but my mom got us a replacement from a big box store and believe me, this is no DeLonghi. It works and all, but sometimes, it is really true when they say, "you get what you pay for." I am thankful that my mom got us this one though, but when it dies, I'm getting a DeLonghi. So, maybe I should get the Macy's gift card with my points and use that towards the purchase of a DeLonghi?
To make things even crazier, it says you can use your reward points as little as 7500 points for travel. Again, I have over 11,000 yet when I click on redeem for travel it says, sorry not eligible. Uh, what? Did I miss something? 11k is more than 7500, so yes I absolutely am eligible. In the fine print it says there are no blackout dates and you haven't even asked me when I'm going so you don't know I'm not eligible. Let me try this again. And, BOOM: not eligible. This is re-dick-you-lus! Fine, eff-yu. I don't need to travel with my Amex anyway.
They have some of the lamest stuff on here. Garbage stuff. The kind of things you'd find in a fancy pants nursing facility. Michael Kors purses, Swarvoski bracelets and handbags and golf hats. Totally random, mish-mash assortment of goods.
Now, I have learned, that for a small fee ($35) I can reinstate the forfeited points I lost last year. Hmm, I don't know if it's worth it.
Would you pay for it?
