{"id":14078,"date":"2026-08-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14078"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:38:40","slug":"monday-amex-kpis-a-transfer-bonuses-and-staples-deja-vu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/monday-amex-kpis-a-transfer-bonuses-and-staples-deja-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: AmEx KPIs, *A Transfer Bonuses, and Staples DeJa Vu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/amex\/comments\/1u46ubm\/amex_resy_credit_being_nerfed_as_of_aug_1_2026\/\">American Express&#8217;s Resy monthly and quarterly credits now have certain excluded Resy restaurants<\/a>, and because complexity is the mother of annoyance and American Express maximizes annoyance as a core <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpi.org\/kpi-basics\/\">KPI<\/a>, excluded restaurants will change periodically.<br><br>Most restaurants are currently still eligible, but to check you&#8217;ve got to (1) login to <a href=\"https:\/\/resy.com\/?date=2026-08-02&amp;seats=2\">Resy<\/a>, (2) add an AmEx card with a Resy credit to your wallet, (3) search for the restaurant in Resy, and (4) see if the restaurants says &#8220;Qualifies for Resy Credit&#8221;. KPI indeed.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishairlines.com\/en-tr\/miles-and-smiles\/campaigns\/earn-40-percent-extra-miles-with-citi\">Turkish Miles &amp; Smiles has a 40% incoming transfer bonus from Citi ThankYou Points<\/a> through August 31, limit 50,000 bonus miles from 125,000 miles transferred in. <br><br>Bonus miles will be awarded by Turkish in early September.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifemiles.com\/deals\/detail-page\/0923US01\">Capital One has a transfer 15% transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles<\/a> through September 15. This is generally a good opportunity if you have bookings, but absolutely watch out for phantom space which plagues LifeMiles.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staples.com\/lp\/weekly-ad\">Staples in-store has fee-free $200 Visa gift cards<\/a> through Saturday, limit nine per transaction. Some stores had this last week too, it&#8217;s not just you.<br><br>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staples.com\/visa-virtual-200-00-gift-card-email-delivery\/product_2459640\">Staples.com has fee-free $200 Visa gift cards<\/a>, limit five total and four per transaction, again just like last week. <br><br>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards, and these were also on sale last week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a nice Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-1024x892.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14080\" style=\"width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-1024x892.png 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-768x669.png 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-1320x1150.png 1320w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Leaked AmEx KPI Master dashboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have a nice Monday! 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