As usual, American Express is offering a variety of promos for existing cardholders, offering statement credit for spending on everything from plane tickets to hotel stays to local small businesses. Here’s a list of 6 current deals:
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The popular Amex/Twitter deal at McDonald’s is back–when you tweet #AmexMcDs, you’ll get $5 back on your next in-store purchase of $5 or more at McDonald’s with your synced American Express card. Full terms of the promo are available here.
For those unfamiliar with how Amex/Twitter deals work, see this post for a detailed explanation of how to sync your American Express card with Twitter.
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The brand new PenFed Defender American Express Card presents an excellent value in a simple package, offering 1.5% cash back on every purchase with absolutely no fees and no penalty APR. There are no tiers, caps or limits to the amount of cash cardholders can earn and cash back is credited automatically as a statement credit to the account each month. There is one catch, however: you (or your co-applicant) must be in or retired from military service, the Reserves, or the National Guard to qualify.
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For the third time this year, Amex is running a limited-time-only promo for its Business Gold Rewards Card: when you apply by August 9, 2012 (that’s tomorrow!), you’ll earn 75,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend $10,000 within the first 4 months of Cardmembership. The annual fee of $175 will also be waived for the first year as part of this offer.
For more details or to apply for the card, see this link.
This popular offer is back, but only for a limited time. When you apply for an SPG American Express card by September 4, 2012, you’ll earn 30,000 bonus Starpoints–that’s 10,000 Starpoints after your first purchase and another 20,000 Starpoints after making at least $5,000 within your first 3 months of cardmembership.
It’s been about a year since the last time this offer was available, so if you’re interested in the card, you should act quickly.
Update 9/5/12: This offer has now expired.
Note: This offer is available for both the personal and business versions of the card.
American Express continues to churn out nice deals for a variety of retailers when you “sync” your card with social networks, while Discover enhanced a couple of its existing benefits. Read on for the details.
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Through August 25, 2012, eligible Amex cardmembers will receive a $20 statement credit after spending at least $100 in one visit at ShopRite with their Amex. To see if your card is eligible and to register for this promotion, visit this link. You must register your card by August 10, 2012 to participate.
Restaurant Week Offers
American Express also has a few upcoming deals in honor of Restaurant Week in Los Angeles and New York:
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Available on both Twitter and Facebook, one of Amex‘s latest social media deals should have widespread appeal: Get a one-time $5 credit the next time you spend at least $25 at a Shell gas station.
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Valid through July 31, 2012 or while supplies last, American Express cardholders can receive a one-time $100 statement credit when they spend at least $599 online at Dell.com. In order to participate:
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For a limited time, Amex has brought back a 75,000 bonus point offer on its Business Gold Rewards Card. The last time this promo was offered back in February, it was only available for a single day. This time around, you’ll have a bit more time. Under this offer, when you apply by June 26, 2012 and spend $10,000 within 4 months, you’ll earn 75,000 bonus Membership Rewards points.
As usual, the card earns 3x points on airfare, 2x points on advertising, gas and shipping and 1x points on everything else. Also, as part of this offer, the $175 annual fee will also be waived for the first year.
For more details, see this link.
Update 6/27/12: This offer has now expired.