Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Numerous TPG readers have emailed me about the American Express shopping portal no longer working. For those unaware, the portal gives extra American Express Membership Rewards points for online shopping with lots of different retailers. Sadly, I’ve also tried to access the portal at americanexpress.com/earn, and indeed I am also having the same issues and keep getting this error when I try to click through to specific merchant categories:Error that the shopping portal is downAnother reader sent me an anonymous tip that Amex is discontinuing the site all together, which I find hard to believe. I decided to call customer service myself and I was told that the the only information they had was that the portal was “down until further notice.“Earlier last week I emailed my contacts at American Express to get clarification and see whether Membership Rewards is indeed discontinuing their shopping portal and I was told the portal was simply undergoing maintenance for 24 hours. It’s been several days and the site is still down, but I’m still holding out hope that it will be up and running again soon.Shopping portals are an amazing way to rack up points, so I highly recommending checking out one of these other portals while the Amex site is down until “further notice”. I’ll report back, hopefully when the site is back up and running again!Air Canada: Aeroplan EStoreAmerican: AAdvantageEshopping.comAmtrak: Amtrak Guest RewardsBritish Airways: BA Miles EstoreChase: Ultimate Rewards ShoppingChoice Rewards: Choice Privileges MallCiti: Thank You ShoppingDelta: Skymilesshopping.comDiscover: ShopDiscoverFrontier: Early Returns MallHawaiian Airlines: Hawaiian Airlines eMarketHilton HHonors: Hilton HHonors Earnings MallMarriott Rewards: Shop My WayMastercard: Mastercard MarketplacePriority Club: Priority Club ShoppingSouthwest: Rapid Rewards ShoppingUnited: Mileageplusshopping.comUS Airways: Dividend Miles Shopping MallVirgin America: Elevate ShoppingVirgin Atlantic: Shops Away[card card-name=‘Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card’ card-id=‘22125056’ type=‘javascript’ bullet-id=‘1’]
