The Offer
- Use an enrolled card to spend $100 or more on American Express gift cards and receive a $5 statement credit
The Fine Print
- Expires July 31, 2016
- Online only at americanexpress.com/gift
Our Verdict
If you have the free shipping plan with Amex, and you use a promo code to take off the $3.95 activation fee, then you can order $100 gift card and pay $95, a savings of $5. I don’t know of any promo codes currently – they come-and-go, hopefully there’ll be one soon. (Update: see comments for possible promo codes.)
Bummer that they switched it from the previous offers of $10 off $200 to the current offer of $5 off $100. This current offer is mainly useful if you have an easy way to use up $100 Amex gift cards, and even then it may not be worth the hassle.
A few months back, I had success getting portal cashback from Topcashback when using a promo code on small Amex gift card orders. It could be that gift cards $200 or less are processed separately and are eligible for portal cashback, despite the terms indicating otherwise. This seems to be YMMV as many in the comments experienced otherwise, and it may have stopped working by now, in any case. Can’t hurt to try.
View more Amex offers here & see these posts to learn more about Amex Offers:
- AmEx Offers: An Introduction & Profitable Examples
- How To Sign Up For Multiple American Express Sync Offers
- Amex Offer Credit Not Posting, What to Do?
- How Does American Express Decide Who Receives What AmEx Sync Offer?
- Do I Need To Make A Single Purchase For AmEx Offers, Or Is It Cumulative?
- What Happens When You Have Two Active AmEx Offers For The Same Store?
- Amex Offers: Do Electronic Wallets Trigger the Offer Credit?
