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jrode

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jrode Well Established Member

jrode

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My parents use an American Express card for most of the stuff they buy and AE has that reward points program where you earn points for however much you spend. Well, my parents have a bunch of unused points and they said they'd let me get a golf club with some of the points. Well, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get a wedge. The Callaway X-Forged Chrome wedge, which I've been looking at is only like 15,000 points and they said that'd probably be fine since it wouldn't use up all their points. Well, I went to the site and I added the wedge to the cart, but it doesn't let you choose any specifics. You can't pick the degree, bounce or anything, so I'm not really sure what I'd even be getting. It doesn't say anywhere in the description what it is, beside a Callaway X-Forged Chrome wedge. So now I don't know what to do. I don't want to order it and have it end up being something I don't want, but a free club would be awesome. I think tomorrow I might give American Express a call and ask them or something. Otherwise I don't know what to do.


alf174 Great Member

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call AE's Membership Rewards, they should be able to help you out. I got my SC Red X the same way.

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Call customer service. They will help.

I would recommend saving the points for Airline Tickets. I have 134,000 points since last March (that is equivalent to 5 domestic flights). I am saving points to go overseas, however.

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sandtrap Well Established Member

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They are going to send you a coupon and you will call callaway and order what you want from them.

Also they are doing away with the callaway card which was kind of a rip anyway. By the time you got the points for what you want they up the points needed.

Early on a whole set of Callaways, irons,woods and a bag was 90,000. I used the card for everything went to order and could only get the irons for 100,00.
Use up the points while you can.

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