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10% Cash back at Restaurants with Amex Blue Cash
American Express has announced a unique promotion for new customers applying for their Blue Cash Everyday and Blue Cash Preferred Cards. New Card Members will earn 10% cash back at restaurants in the first six months, up to $200. New Card Members will also receive the regular welcome bonus of $100 for the Everyday or $150 for the Preferred. These cashback bonuses come in the form of a statement credit after spending $1000 in the first 3 months after approval. If you are a targeted customer (or if you use your browser’s “incognito” window), the welcome bonus may be as high as $250 for either card. To decide which card is…
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Limited Time Offer: 35k Point Signup Bonus for Amex SPG Cards
American Express is offering a limited time increased signup bonus for its Starwood Preferred Guest Personal and Business credit cards. The signup bonuses are normally 25,000 Starpoints. This limited time offer ends April 5, 2017. The Personal and Business card offers are a bit different. With the Personal card, you earn 25,000 bonus Starpoints after you use your new Card to make $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months and an extra 10,000 bonus Starpoints after you make an additional $2,000 in purchases within the first 6 months. With the Business card, you earn 25,000 bonus Starpoints after $5,000 in purchases within the first 3 months and an extra 10,000…
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Higher Signup Bonus Offers for Amex Credit Cards
If you’re looking to apply for a credit card from American Express, see if you can find a better offer online. This method has been spotty lately, but in the last few hours, it seems many higher offers have become readily available. Simply open an incognito or private browsing window in your favorite browser, navigate to the americanexpress.com website (don’t log in), and click on “Personal Cards.” If you only see standard offers, close the window and try again. Usually within 2 or 3 tries, I see the better offers. These are only some of the offers I was able to see before writing this post: Give it a shot…
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Targeted Offer: SPG Amex 5000 Bonus Starpoints After $5000 Spend
If you have the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express, check your email for a targeted offer. You may be able eligible for an extra 5,000 Starpoints. American Express is offering 5,000 Bonus Starpoints after spending $5,000 in qualifying purchases on your enrolled SPG card between the time you complete enrollment and April 30, 2017. The enrollment period ends on January 31, 2017. Qualifying purchases can be made by the cardholder and any authorized users and do NOT include fees or interest charges, balance transfers, cash advances, purchases of traveler’s checks, purchases or reloading of prepaid cards, or purchases of any cash equivalents. The bonus points will be credited to your account…
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Amex Platinum – Frozen MR Points and MPX Concerns
American Express has been pushing back rather hard against those they deem to be abusing Amex credit cards for points and benefits. Frozen points and closed loopholes appear to be in response to people using online application links discovered by some technically savvy individuals. These links tend to be attractive because they offer much higher than normal signup bonuses for the Platinum Card. There have been reports from those that used these links that their Membership Rewards accounts have been frozen and previously awarded points have been clawed back. In addition to the points freezing, a once reliable method of monetizing the airline incidental fee credit suddenly stop working. The common…
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My SPG Moments Experience in a Madison Square Garden Suite
When you think of points earned from credit cards, you generally think of free flights or cash back. But with SPG Moments, your Starwood Preferred Guest points can reward you with great experiences as well. The Moments program gives SPG members VIP access to concerts, culinary experiences, premier sporting events and more. Starwood has luxury suites at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and the O2 Arena in London. You can purchase or bid on events at these and many other venues using your SPG points. I recently purchased an SPG Luxury Suite New York Rangers package and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Background I’ve been…
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[Targeted] Extra 5000 MR Points for Adding User to Amex PRG
If you are an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card holder, check your email today. I received an offer of an extra 5000 Membership Rewards points for adding an additional card to my account. The additional card member needs to spend at least $500 within 3 months for you to qualify for the offer. There is no annual fee for up to 5 additional Premier Rewards Gold Cards on your account. You need to have the new card member’s social security number in order to do this. You can even add yourself if you want an additional card that has your name appear differently, such as first initial and last…
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Many New Amex Offers: Here’s a Run Down
UPDATE: As expected, the maximum number of Card Members have already enrolled in #AmexDell offer. The others are still available to add to your card. A bunch of new Amex Offers have appeared over the last couple days-many are publicly available to add to your card(s) using twitter hashtags. Act fast to add the one’s you’re interested in, as these offers often sell out quickly. For newcomers to these deals, check out my primer: Amex Offers = Too Good To Miss Out!. I wrote about how to connect your American Express card to your social media account and how to add offers to your card via Twitter, Facebook, or your americanexpress.com account. Twitter is…
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Amex Blue Cash Signup Bonus: 10% off at Amazon
American Express has announced a unique promotion for new customers applying for their Blue Cash Everyday and Blue Cash Preferred Cards. The entire signup bonus could potentially be worth $450, depending on the offer you receive. The regular signup bonus is $100 for the Everyday and $150 for the Preferred. These cashback bonuses come in the form of a statement credit after spending $1000 in the first 3 months after approval. If you are a targeted customer (or if you use your browser’s “incognito” window), this offer may be as high as $250 for either card. In addition to the regular cashback incentive, the promotional bonus offers 10% credit on up…
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Amex Shop Small Offer – 2x Rewards at Small Businesses
American Express is once again offering incentives to their cardholders to spend at small businesses during the Shop Small promotion. This year, American Express Card Members can enroll their eligible American Express Card(s) and earn 2X rewards when they Shop Small for the entire holiday season–now through December 31. In past years, Amex has offered statement credits, but only on Small Business Saturday on Thanksgiving weekend. Last year, cardholders were disappointed when they didn’t offer any incentives at all. How it Works First, enroll your eligible American Express Personal or OPEN Small Business Card by going to amex.co/shopsmalloffer. A list of all eligible cards can be found here. Once you’re enrolled, all purchases at qualifying small businesses will earn…
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