State of the Union: Just a quick update on the Sam’s Club Amex Offer of $20 off $20. We reported that the charges were showing initially as “Sams Club Photo” which had many worried that it wouldn’t work to trigger the  Offer credit since Photo is an excluded category. All purchases were initially showing as Photo and then switching over to ordinary “Sams Club” purchases.
Today, we are seeing numerous reports that the Offer credit is posting automatically (1, 2, 3). Gift Card purchases are also working to trigger the offer credit (1, 2). The charge switches over to “sams club” and gets the statement credit. There’s no indication in the Terms that the offer is not valid on gift cards so we really should be okay here. Even if it doesn’t post automatically for some reason, we should be able to get it manually applied, being that the charges are switching over to ordinary Sams Club charges and not Photo charges.
No one is getting the Congrats emails initially. I suspect this is because it’s coded initially as Photo which isn’t eligible. In any case, the credits are coming; no need to sweat the missing email.
Now, I have to go ahead and figure out the best way to maximize this offer. The Groupon deal on Sams Club membership is still around until around midnight tonight 5/4/15. (HT: Grant)
How do I know that the Sam’s Club deal is an issue vital to the State of the Union?Â
Well, Sams Club moved up to the #1 most searched item on Cashbackmonitor for a day or two (wish I had a screenshot), until it was unseated by Staples due to the recent Staples gift card deals. Amazing how you could track deals based on Cashbackmonitor.
Okay, so does the portal actually work for gift card purchases?
According to FM Laboratory it does not work, unfortunately.
