Over the years, my American Express card has been accumulating points — right now, I have something like 79,000 points, which is an unfortunate number in many ways. First off, it signifies that I’ve spent a whopping $79,000 on my card; secondly, I’ve always been disappointed in what I could get with the points. Magazine subscriptions, really, and some fairly uninteresting and cheap gift items.
But today, just out of curiosity, I checked the Amex website… and discovered that for a mere 52,000 points, I could get a bike. And now I feel silly, because I went out and bought a bike a week or so ago.
Luckily, I bought the bike using my Amex, so at least I’ll get a few more points out of it, right?
