Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find several offers to earn double bonus miles when paying your federal tax payments (remember April 15th?). We would be remiss if we did not remind you as well that paying taxes with a credit card does come at the expense of a service fee.

Members of the American Express Membership Rewards program should know that they can redeem their points to cover this “convenience fee.” Pay with an American Express card, and on the pay1040.com payment confirmation page, click on the Membership Rewards points link found at the bottom of the page. Smart members will likely use either the Starwood American Express card or Delta SkyMiles American Express card to pay and earn the double miles from those two programs, while paying the fee with Membership Rewards — a wonderful way to leverage your miles and points.