Melia American Express and Melia Rewards are points thieves. This is the worst Amex card to have with Melia hotel loyalty program. I am a Platinum member with Melia and after accumulating several points that I saved for a longer reservation. They deducted 35.000 points of amex welcome bonus without any warning, They claimed this was communicated to me when I applied for an Amex Melia. However I have never read or got any information regarding expiring points.Additionally this is the only Hotel chain that treats their premium members like rubbish. There is no existent customer service and in reality no benefits of being Platinum with them neither is the Melia Amex card worth it because they work with thieves. Their scam is to lure you in with welcome points and join Melia then deduct points and invent excuses so no one has the opportunity to use the points.