So my subscription for the Wall Stree Journal ended today. I received the subscription for “free” from American Express’s Membership Rewards program. It only cost 1,200 points!

I subscribed to it on June 28, received it on July 28, and three months later I got my last issue on Oct 28. *sniff*

Unfortunately for me, American Express no longer offers the subscription as a rewards option! Maybe they found out the points didn’t fit with the value of the reward. *shrug* Regular subscription cost $215 a year, ouch!

But wait! WSJ offers amazing prices to students!! At $32.00 for 15 weeks (price includes online edition too), it’s a steal! Hey, I’m a student!

Here’s something interesting, after dropping the WSJ from the rewards offering, American Express added WSJ’s semi-rival, the Financial Times from ‘em UK peeps. Get this, a one year 308 issue subscription only cost 1,000 points! (One year subscription cost $99).

Pretty good points to value ratio, in my opinion. Seeing as how I still have about 8,000 points left, I think I’ll claim the reward before AmEx removes the offer.

As for the WSJ, even though the student pricing is a great deal, I’m not sure if I should spend the money on renewing. I’m really tempted because I really did enjoy reading the paper, but perhaps I’ll wait till I generate more income.

*sigh* I didn’t even get to try the smaller version that JLP from All Things Financial mentioned. Come to think of it, I prefer it large — otherwise I might as well be reading a magazine.