Update 7/17/25: Showing again. Unfortunately this time without the restaurant promo, so marking as expired Hat tip to 007
Update 9/27/24: Showing more reliably again. Hat tip to FM
The Offer
- American Express is offering 100,000 points after $6,000 in spend within the first six months of card membership on the refreshed gold card. You also get 20% back in statement credits on eligible purchases made at restaurants worldwide within six months of card membership up to $100 back. Offer ends 11/6/24
Card Details
- $325 annual fee ($75 increase)
- Option of white gold card (alongside gold or rose gold)
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 4x on restaurants (limited to $50,000 per year, previously no limit)
- 4x on grocery (limited to $25,000 per year)
- 3x points on flights Booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com
- 2x points on On Prepaid Hotels and other eligible travel purchases, booked through AmexTravel.com
- 1x points on all other purchases
- $7 monthly Dunkin donuts credit (new)
- $50 semi annual resy credit (new)
- $10 monthly Uber cash credit (same as before)
- $10 monthly GrubHub/5 Guys (previously not available on 5 guys, but available on mile bar and shake shack purchases)
Our Verdict
Standard offer is 60,000 points, I was getting 90,000 points to show frequently but 100,000 points was much more difficult. Things you can try:
- Open offer in incognito mode
- Try searching on google and then clicking through to the gold page
- Click through to the gold page from other American Express pages
- Different browsers/computer/phone
- VPN/Hotspot (careful applying)
100,000 + $100 offer is one of the best we have seen, other good offers were 90,000 + $250 in the past. I think if you can get the 100,000 + $100 offer to show and haven’t held the card before it’s definitely worth considering, I just wish it was easier to get the offer to appear. We will add this to our list of the best credit card bonuses with the caveat that this isn’t the public bonus. Hopefully this offer without lifetime language appears soon. Before applying read these things everybody should know about American Express.
if you don’t live near a dunkin donuts buy a $7 gift card each month in their app
I clicked on link and the offer was only for 60k.
Targeted link for 100k with $6k spend six months, requires rsvp code
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/dtw-landing/xsell/gold-card/?rsvpcode=XXX&extlink_OFFER%20CODE=EM-US-CPS-XS-GOLD-2025-Q2-BYB1
Keeping the gold just as a last resort of relationship with AMEX MR. Very annoying even to use the credits.
If thats all you want it for, get the blue business plus, no af and 2x earnings on all purchases. Or their checking either personal or business lets you keep MR and redeem for cash at 0.8cpp, though you do lose transfer partners.
I think the credits don’t justify the fee increase. For those of us who don’t do food delivery (or live near a dunkin’ donuts) how do we benefit at this fee? I might consider applying for first year with restaurant credit, but it’s hard to justify otherwise. I’d likely use the resy credit, that’s much better than most of the others.
Short answer, after 10 years I canceled my gold card. Kudos to those who have the patience still for the coupon book.
Time is money. The time spent chasing the coupons can be better spent.
Same here! Done with the nonsense that the Gold has become.
I think its fairly easy tbh. Just use both uber eats and grubhub once a month, and order some pickup with both from the same place at the same time to save effort and time (choose somewhere that doesn’t upcharge when using uber/grubhub, usually there’s some). If you don’t eat out often enough for that to be useful then the Amex Gold probably isn’t a good fit since its half a dining card.
The Resy credit is a lot harder to use depending on where you are, but since its every 6 months its more feasible at least that sometime during the year you’ll be somewhere where you can use it. I might not eat at those kind of places normally, but its a good excuse to treat myself twice a year. If you can use it too thats the AF covered, the Dunkin is just a bonus. I don’t much care for Dunkin, but you can just load your account on the app monthly for the $7 and then pick up donuts every once in a blue moon for work colleagues or family or a party or something.
Back again.
With the restaurant promo?
Oops no restaurant promo you’re right
No problem, let me fix.
Had a targeted NLL 100k for $6k spending in six months today. Was not there when I logged in two days ago.
Used this NLL 100k link today and got approved. I closed this card 3-4 years ago. Got my card number instantly.
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card-application/apply/gold-card/38164-16-1-WOCEC124K1#/short-application
https://dannydealguru.com/amex-gold-card-100k-nll-offer-link/
Your link doesn’t work for me, but one of the links at the linked DDG site does, and it does say that I’m approved.
The offer at Resy (which is typically better) says I’m not eligible for the welcome offer. I withdrew my application in hopes that I’ll qualify for the better one eventually. (When I’m logged in, it shows the standard 60k offer as a ‘personalized’ offer.)
Haven’t seen any 100k offers in referrals, tried a bunch from rankt / reddit to no luck but could just be my luck.
When I try to reach these in Incognito I get to a page that says “APPLY AND FIND OUT YOUR WELCOME OFFER” where I guess you have to log in first. Is this a new thing? I haven’t applied to a new amex card in years and I’m trying to revisit the ones I had 6+ years ago
Can you get both the Gold and Platinum SUB if you open the Gold one first? Or is there a family restriction so that regardless of whether you open a Gold or Platinum in any order, you are eligible only for ONE sign up bonus (not both)?
“Can you get both the Gold and Platinum SUB if you open the Gold one first” Yes that is correct.