Amazon is out with a new pay-with-points promotion whereby targeted members can save when using at least 1 American Express Membership Rewards point to pay. As has been the case in the past, there is a good chance that multiple different offers exist, so it’s worth checking to see whether you have an offer and what it is.
The Deal
- Amazon.com is offering a new targeted deal to receive a discount when using at least 1 Membership Rewards point during checkout. Example deals we have seen in the past include:
- 15% off ($15 max discount)
- 30% off ($30 or $60 max discount)
- 40% off ($40 or $80 max discount)
- Note that some people have reported being targeted for an offer that requires using 1,428 points. GC Galore reports that you may actually need to use 1,429 (worth $10) in that case. My targeted offer is for 40% off when using at least 1 point in this case.
- Direct link to this deal (our affiliate link)
Key Terms
- This is a limited time offer. The promotion will end on the earlier of (a) 5:00 pm PT on 12/31/2024 or (b) the time at which 62,500 customers have redeemed the offer. The promotion button will expire concurrently.
- Amazon.com reserves the right to cancel or modify this offer at any time.
- Offer is available by invitation only, is non-transferable, is not redeemable for cash, and may not be resold.
- Offer applies only to products where Membership Rewards points are used for at least a portion of the product and the promotion is applied at checkout.
- This offer only applies to eligible products. Eligible products means products sold and shipped by Amazon.com. Products sold by third-party sellers or other Amazon entities are not eligible, even if they are fulfilled by Amazon.com or Prime eligible. Digital content products are also not eligible.
- Shipping charges may apply to eligible products and discounted promotional items.
- Maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $30 per eligible Membership Rewards-enrolled Card or per one Amazon account.
- Offer may not be combined with other offers.
- Offer discount will be allocated proportionally among all promotional items in your original order. If any of the items in your original order are subsequently returned, your refund will equal the original price of the product, less the proportional amount of the discount. The total discount on the unreturned amount of your original order will then be less than the maximum discount availed.
- If you used points for all or part of your order and any of the products related to your original order are returned, subject to Amazon’s return policy, you will receive a refund of the amount charged to your Card. If you would like Membership Rewards® points returned to your account instead of a refund to your Card, you must contact American Express.
- If a refund cannot be processed by American Express for reasons including but not limited to closure of your Card Account, Amazon will issue an Amazon Gift Card to you for an amount equal to the value of the Membership Rewards points used towards your product.
- Promotional codes (including those placed directly in accounts) may not be redeemed for Amazon Gift Cards.
- This promotion is available only to Amazon.com customers with an eligible Membership Rewards-enrolled Card issued in United States. Promotional credit is applied before taxes and fees.
- If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.
- Terms and Conditions for the Membership Rewards program apply. Visit membershiprewards.com/terms for more information. Participating partners and available rewards are subject to change without notice.
- The value of Membership Rewards points varies according to how you choose to use them. To learn more, go to www.membershiprewards.com/pointsinfo. See full Shop with Points Terms and Conditions for details on www.amazon.com/amexmr.
- See promotion landing page for full terms
Quick Thoughts
Personally, both my wife and I got targeted for 40% off up to $40 off this time, which is a deal that we’ll certainly use since we shop at Amazon all the time. While the terms indicate that this deal can not be used in conjunction with other deals, we often find that it does indeed stack with things like Prime Day deals or Black Friday when those happen concurrently.
It’s worth hitting the “activate” button sooner rather since you never know when the deal might get pulled.
Keep in mind that there are usually multiple different offer versions, but it only takes a second to click through and check which you might have. Let us know what offer you’ve gotten in the comments.
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Sorry, stupid question, but how do I pay the remaining balance? The app doesn’t let me pay with 2 methods. As soon as I select another method to pay balance, I loose the MR discount.
40% off on my end.
Heads up that the offer wouldn’t work if I had anything in my cart that wasn’t shipped and sold by Amazon, OR that WAS shipped and sold by Amazon, but had a coupon applied to it.
I got 50% off, up to $80
I got 40%! I activated the promotion, do I have a deadline to use it? Want to wait for Black Friday deals.
How do you identify the offers requiring $10 worth of points?
It’s written in the terms at the bottom (scroll to the part where you see terms like the ones copied into this post and if you don’t see a line calling out a specific number of points, one point should work)
Great. Got the single-point offer for 40% up to $40.
I received 50% off with a max discount of $80. I don’t have prime on this account for reference.
Finally got targeted this time! 40% off with maximum $40 till 12/31.
Got 40% up to $40. No specific # of amex points
50% off eligible products, maximum discount $60!
Any idea why it would let me enroll and then tell me that I’m not eligible? The card I use Blue B+ is on the list.
Got the 40% off up to $40 with 1 MR
Same here
For me, the title of the offer page reads 15% off — but the fine print says 10% off (max $10) and that is indeed the offer amount for me. Better than nothing though.
Same here. Barely worth it.
Same for me. First time seeing this mismatch with Amazon
same. sad to see actual offer buried in terms a third less than advertised offer in headlines. hoping that is error not intentional??
Got 15% off up to $15
Same. Boo.
30% max $30. Easiest thing was to buy a $100 gift card for $69.99 plus one MR point. Maybe it took a minute of my time.