Keeping an eye on the best credit card offers
Shoprunner is a service that offers free 2-day shipping and unlimited return shipping at many online retailers, such as Babies R Us, Calvin Klein, and Sports Authority, among others. (For a full list of participating stores, see this link.) Normally, an annual membership costs $79, but American Express cardmembers can now get a free 1-year membership for new members or a free 1-year extension for existing members.
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It turns out that Cap One isn’t the only credit card issuer currently offering a deal at a specialty grocery store. American Express is currently offering its cardmembers a one-time $10 statement credit when they make a single purchase of $75 or more at Whole Foods Market by June 30, 2013.
In order to participate in this promo, you must sync your Amex with Twitter (read instructions here), then tweet #AmexWholeFoods to add the offer to your card. Once the offer has been registered, simply make an eligible purchase at Whole Foods with your synced card by 6/30/13. The $10 statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 8 weeks after your purchase has been verified. Full terms of this promotion can be found here. (Note: Some cardmembers may also be able to find this offer under the “My Offers” tab of their online American Express account.)
Two years ago, American Express and social networking site Foursquare began a partnership that let Amex cardholders check in and receive instant discounts at select merchants. Today, Foursquare has announced that it is expanding this program to Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards.
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Under this offer, when you apply for an American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card, you’ll receive 50,000 Membership Rewards points after spending a minimum of $1,000 in your first 3 months. In addition, the annual fee of $175 is waived for the first year. That’s a much sweeter deal than the public offer for this card which requires $2,000 of spending for only 25,000 Membership Rewards points.
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American Express and Twitter have a new ecommerce experiment in the works. We saw the first example of it at work in Monday’s $25 Amex gift card deal. Their ultimate goal seems to be to turn Twitter into another platform for ecommerce, powered by Amex’s proprietary Card Sync technology.
Their next step in enticing consumers to buy in? Beginning today at noon EST, they will be offering special deals on products from Amazon, Sony, Urban Zen and Xbox.
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While supplies last, American Express cardmembers can purchase a $25 American Express gift card for $15. You will, however, need a Twitter account (which you can create for free, if necessary). To take advantage of this deal, follow these steps:
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Amex is rolling out a new wave of deals, including one for Dell that is better than ever. Under this promo, you’ll receive a one-time $150 statement credit when you spend $599 or more at Dell.com by December 31, 2012. To receive your credit, you must first register for the promo, then make an eligible purchase with your registered American Express card. You can register for this promo either through Twitter using hashtag #AmexDellOffer (details here), through the American Express iOS app, or by logging into your American Express account online under the “My Offers” tab.
There are also a number of other deals currently active:
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The wildly successful American Express-created holiday, Small Business Saturday, returns this year on November 24, 2012. Promoted as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday encourages consumers to support small, local businesses with their holiday shopping. And once again, American Express will be rewarding its cardmembers who back the cause by issuing a $25 statement credit to those who spend at least $25 in a single transaction on their Amex at a qualifying small business location on November 24, 2012.
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What will they think of next? American Express has already partnered with major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare to offer coupon-less special deals to cardmembers. Now, they are looking to break new ground by introducing similar offers on Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console platform.
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American Express cardmembers who have their cards linked to the “Link, Like, Love” app on Facebook may be eligible to get a one-time $25 statement credit after using their card online at costco.com and spending at least $100 in a single transaction by December 31, 2012.
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