There’s a new widely targeted Amex Offer out today that’s good for 1,200 American Express Membership Rewards points after spending $150 or more at Amazon.com (enrollment required). Even better, the deal can be repeated for up to 3,600 total bonus points. That works out to 8 points per dollar on top of the rewards ordinarily earned on the card to which you sync it, which is a nice deal if you’re shopping at Amazon before the end of the year.
Update: There are different targeted versions of this offer. See under “The Deal” below for examples of what readers have reported so far.
The Deal
- A new targeted Amex Offer is out that’s good for bonus Membership Rewards points when you spend at Amazon.com. The spending and bonus point thresholds vary, so you’ll have to see your targeted offer to see what you have (if anything). You can earn this bonus three times with one or more purchases. [targeted, enrollment required]. Examples of offers we’ve seen:
- Spend $400 or more, earn 2,000 Membership Rewards points
- Spend $150 or more, earn 1,200 Membership Rewards points
- Spend $50 or more, earn 500 Membership Rewards points
Key Terms
- Expires 12/31/24
- Limit of 3,600 additional Membership Rewards® points per eligible Card Member. If the Card Account is canceled or past due, it may not qualify to receive the additional Membership Rewards® points.
- Offer valid only for purchases made at Amazon.com and via the US Amazon mobile app using your enrolled eligible American Express Card after enrollment and prior to 12/31/2024.
- Excludes corporate gift card and custom-designed gift card purchases.
- Not valid at international sites owned and/or operated by Amazon or websites affiliated with/linked to/from Amazon.com.
- Excludes Prime memberships and auto-renew subscription services.
- Offer not valid for Amazon Go, Amazon Local, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Home & Business Services, Amazon Currency Converter, Home Services, Prime Photos, Amazon Inspire, Amazon Video Direct, Amazon business, Amazon Global, or Amazon Drive.
- See Amazon.com for shipping policy. Amazon may not ship to all areas.
- Offer valid only on purchases made in US dollars.
- Any Membership Rewards® points received through this offer are in addition to the Membership Rewards® points normally received for purchases charged to your Card.
- Additional Membership Rewards® points should be credited to your program account within 90 days after 12/31/2024, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.
- See your offer for full terms
Quick Thoughts
This is a nice offer for additional bonus points that stack on top of what you’ll already earn with your given card. I see that a couple of shopping portals still list cash back on specific categories (mostly Amazon devices) and that should stack on top of this card-linked offer.
Given that I’m sure we’ll see some great deals from Amazon in the coming weeks and that I’m sure this offer will be popular, I’d recommend syncing it up sooner rather than later so you’re ready when you see the deal you want.
Data point: For the “Spend $150, earn 1,200 Membership Rewards points up to 3 times” offer, I reloaded my Amazon gift card balance with $450 in one transaction and received 3,600 points.
So as an Amazon Business account holder, this does not apply? DRAT!
i used the BBP on my Amazon biz account on 11/14, points posted on the 15th.
Will groceries ordered through Amazon (Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods) count?
I could be missing something here, but didn’t ebay drop American Express as a way to pay August 17, 2024?
That was ebay.
Can you do the x3 all on one purchase?
Yes
I hope that works, unclear to me
Yes I got this offer and reloaded my balance at the maximum amount ($150) and received all 1,500 points the next day.
It looks like gift cards aside from corporate or custom are covered as well? If that’s the case I’m just going to buy the maximum now in GC so my P2 doesn’t accidentally spend on the wrong card…
Spend $150 get 1200 MR was available for any MR earning card, able to load it to a BBP still in the SUB period.
Got the offer you mentioned on my cards as well as P2. Was able to add them to our accounts. Thanks for spotting this since not sure how long it will stick around.
Where do you look to see if you are targeted – email or the AmEx site?
Amex Offers are always on the Amex site under your card.
Thank you. I’ll look now.
I got spend $50 get 500 3x
Got the same. I’d prefer more MR, but in terms of % return on spend, this is technically the “best” one.
I got spend $400 earn 2000 MR up to three times
me too
I got the offer to spend $4000 for 2000MR, so that’s 5x earnings. But I don’t know if I need to spend the $400 in one purchase or if I can do multiple purchases over time.
Got the same on my Gold — says “one or more purchases” so it should be an easy 2,000 points: Earn 2,000 additional Membership Rewards® points after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $400 in one or more purchases online
Terms clearly say “in one or more purchases”.
Thanks!
Can I just reload my gift card balance with $450?
I don’t see anything int he terms to indicate that you can’t. That would be pretty easy to test with a $150 load.
DP: It worked. Unless you accidentally charged it to the card without the offer the first time… *face palm*
did you already get your bonus points?
Yes
Can you just do 3 consecutive loads of $150 each right in a row or should you wait a day etc
I bet one $450 would work, but would do 3 $150s to be safe. I doubt you need to wait a day
I got spend $50 get 500 points up to 3X.
I got this one as well
how fast did your 500 bonus points post? I did a $50 amazon reload about 10 days ago and don’t see any bonus points.