I have an Amex Platinum but it’s too expensive. How do I maintain my Amex points?
Are there any free cards?

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Thinking of canceling mine too. It’s become a useless coupon book at this point.

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Never understood the value of that card. Unfortunately there are no good free downgrade options. You could move the points over to another MR points card or product change the card to something like Amex Green (still has an annual fee though).

Moving points to BBP is probably your best bet. Then close the card. It'll stay on your credit report for 10 years.

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Amex everyday is the only Amex no fee card that you can use for membership rewards. The rest of the no fee cards are cash back cards. I’d look to see if the Amex gold is a good fit instead of the platinum though. I don’t have platinum but I love my Amex gold. I also have an Amex everyday is case I ever want to close the gold card though.

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Yes. That is my understanding.

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