American Express has rolled out an improved Transaction History interface where the breakdown of bonus points earning is visible throughout the transaction history. This only shows on personal Membership Rewards cards, not on business cards and not on other points currencies.
Any transaction from prior statements (‘Current Statement’ and before) will show clearly in the transaction history.
For transactions in Recent Activity, the bonus points information does not show. HOWEVER, there is a trick to get it to show. Go to Recent Activity and select any Date Range option at the bottom. That will get the bonus points information to show, even for transactions in Recent Activity. Note, there is still a few day delay.
Figuring out how transactions code with Amex is especially important being that points are awarded with a statement delay – it could be almost two months until you find out whether a given purchase qualified for bonus points. Utilizing this trick, it’ll take just a few days to find out.
Found any good data points on which purchases trigger a bonus category? Please share them in the comments on our Payments Workshop.
Hat tip to r/churning
