The Offer
- Get a one-time $10 statement credit when you use your enrolled card to make a single purchase of $10 or more in-store at a small business on the Shop Small Map by 11/28/2015.
Not all cards are showing this offer.
Dansdeals reports that some business cards are showing a different offer:
- Get a one-time $20 statement credit when you use your enrolled card to make a single purchase of $100 or more in-store at a small business on the Shop Small Map by 11/28/2015.
The Fine Print
- Purchase of $10 (or $100 for business cards) can be made any time between now and 11/28/15 on a registered card to trigger the bonus
- In-store only
Our Verdict
As we know, Amex announced they are not offering Small Business Saturday (SBS) this year. This offer is better, in a way, than previous SBS offers since we have a whole month to make use of it. The major downside is that there is no registration page and not all cards got targeted for this offer. Also, you won’t be able to sign up third part Amex cards (e.g. Fidelity or BBVA) and you won’t be able to get the offer on your prepaid cards either (I don’t see it being offered on my Serve card).
Technically, you can only get the offer on one card and it will then disappear from the other cards, but as we know you can use the multi-tab trick to save it on all cards.
It surprises me that Amex first announced that they aren’t offering a credit and then came out with this offer, as opposed to just making this offer the official advertised SBS. Maybe they want to throw people off for the future so it doesn’t come as a standard procedure anymore and will thus be abused less.
In any case, we’re happy to see this offer back!
Update: Dandeals reports that it may be possible to get yourself targeted for these offers by using a special link. See all the details here.
