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What Happens To American Express Membership Rewards Upon Your Death?

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The American Express Membership Rewards program terms state, “points can’t be transferred by operation of law, such as by inheritance, in bankruptcy or in connection with a divorce.”  There is nothing in the terms that may make this rule subjective.

 

 

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