The Offer
- Spend $100 or more in a single transaction on bookings or gift cards at Airbnb with your registered Amex card and receive a $50 statement credit.
To register for this offer, tweet #amexairbnb or you may be able to find the offer in your online login.
The Fine Print
- Valid through 12/31/15
- Valid online at Airbnb.com or the Airbnb mobile app
- Offer valid on approved bookings and gift card purchases
- Offer not valid for bookings made with gift cards
- Offer valid for eligible domestic and international Airbnb locations
Our Verdict
AirBnB is a great way to book accommodation and it’s possible to find incredible value in two different situations: 1) when staying in the same place for an extended period of time (their short-term apartment rentals are great value) and  2) when travelling in a large group (it’s much cheaper than multiple hotel rooms and much more family friendly).
This offer is really incredible and even more so the fact that it has a Twitter hashtag which means you can save it on all cards, including third party cards and prepaid cards.
Many of us may not have enough travel coming up to use up all our Amex cards, but consider buying Airbnb gift cards to lock in the savings for the future.
New Airbnb Customers
If you are new to Airbnb, you can also get a free $20 credit toward your first booking of $75 or more by using our referral link. Stack that with the 50% off via the Amex offer for a smoking hot deal!
Updates
- There are mixed reports in the comments of this post whether you can apply more than one gift card per rental. (This page would sound to me that you can use more than one gift card.)
- Reports that you can’t buy a gift card for yourself; you’ll have to have a second person to send it to in order to take advantage of this deal.
- Reports that Safari doesn’t work well with Airbnb; use Chrome or Mozilla.
- Reportedly, prepaid Amex cards don’t work on Airbnb.
