[Expired] Amex Offers: Spend $100 On Cell Phone Bill & Get $5 Statement Credit (Use 4 Times)

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The Offer

No direct link, targeted Amex Offer deal

  • Get $5 back as a statement credit when you spend $100 on your cellular phone bill.

The Fine Print

  • Expires 6/30/20.

Our Verdict

This isn’t necessarily a beneficial offer since there are credit cards which give a bonus on cell phone payments. For example, if you save the Amex Offer on a Blue Cash card, then you’ll land up getting $6 back on the $100 payment ($5 AO + $1 rewards), which is less than a lot of people value the 5x Ultimate Rewards on the Chase INK Plus/Cash.

Anyway, some might find this offer appealing. I couldn’t find it on my offers, but reader Mark reported on this one, and a friend on mine got it as well. Obviously, the $55 or 15% deals which were released yesterday on business cards are better.

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Yu
Yu (@guest_959550)
April 18, 2020 13:12

Do I have to spend $100 in one transaction or can I pay $35/months for 3 months and still get $5 ?

Thanks.

Linda
Linda (@guest_916079)
February 21, 2020 18:32

0/3, but I get 5% perpetually from US Bank Cash+, so this would have been only slightly better.

DH7
DH7 (@guest_915961)
February 21, 2020 16:19

Anyone know what sprint’s rules are on overpaying, and if you can recoup easily? looking to max out my cash+ credit as well.

Ashely
Ashely (@guest_915728)
February 21, 2020 12:46

Does it need to be one bill over $100 ? It’s okey for several bills accumulated over $100?

Novacat05
Novacat05 (@guest_915716)
February 21, 2020 12:36

1/3. Nothing earth shattering. This essentially makes 6% back on a $100 spend with a cell phone provider, while Chase Freedom this quarter would give you 5% back on $100 spend.

I’ll probably pre-pay 3-4 months of TV service on CF to help max that quarter out, and do four $100 payments on my cell phone bill with this offer.

P
P (@guest_915674)
February 21, 2020 12:02

Got 0/9 but yep pretty useless as I already get 5x

Shaun
Shaun (@guest_915638)
February 21, 2020 11:24

Will AT&T prepaid trigger it? Target has once a month 5% off sales so I’m not sure this really interests me.

Gerald
Gerald (@guest_915594)
February 21, 2020 10:50

As usual, this doesn’t work if your provider is an MVNO like Page Plus.

John
John (@guest_915640)
February 21, 2020 11:25

Also useless if you have Verizon postpaid as you lose your autopay discount when paying with a credit card. No, there is no work around anymore.

007
007 (@guest_915768)
February 21, 2020 13:29

You sure? I prepay all but one dollar which is auto debited from my bank account, and still keep the discount.

Michael
Michael (@guest_915868)
February 21, 2020 15:04

According to Verizon’s terms, they are supposed to claw back autopay discount on the next billing statement if you don’t pay completely with a debit card or ACH.

007
007 (@guest_916072)
February 21, 2020 18:24

I see. Well, mine is still working the way I described without any clawback. Not sure if the terms & conditions depend on when you open the account.

I DID notice that when I had my initial iteration of the account, I was actually able to get the autopay discount no matter what (even paying full balance with credit card). However, after I switch to a different account without auto-pay (family plan) and then switched back (as our taxes with family plan were actually more expensive than 2x taxes with individual plans for whatever reason), I was no longer to get the autopay discount paying full credit card balance, but still works for me with credit card pay full balance minus $1 and $1 debited from my bank account. Thus, not sure if terms depend on when you originally signed up for the plan.

Michael
Michael (@guest_915872)
February 21, 2020 15:06

Must consider the autopay discount versus the credit card benefit(s).

I use CIP for 3x Ultimate Rewards points and cell phone protection for seven lines. That is worth way more to me than the $10 per month per account autopay discount.

Jack
Jack (@guest_916137)
February 21, 2020 19:35

I agree. I use Ink Cash for 5x, works great.

anonymous
anonymous (@guest_916117)
February 21, 2020 19:15

Gerald, fortunately I can live with that, as I’m only paying about $8 per month with Red Pocket. 😉

Dan Lee
Dan Lee (@guest_917034)
February 22, 2020 20:53

You high roller. I have the $2.50 plan on the Sprint network. Of course 200 minutes per month is barely service at all but it ends up being enough for me usually. ( I use Google Hangouts to make my minutes go further.)

anonymous
anonymous (@guest_917569)
February 23, 2020 11:49

😀 Nice!
500/500/500 for me…with no need for me to advance Google’s surveillance apparatus.

Don
Don (@guest_915574)
February 21, 2020 10:32

I got get 15% back on your cellphone bill up to $35 on my BGR and my wife got Spend 3 times on our cell phone bill, get $55 back one time. I wonder if the second is like the AT&T offer where you can just buy accessories at the store to trigger the credit. I plan on making 3 small payments either way.

raekwon
raekwon (@guest_915561)
February 21, 2020 10:24

Doesn’t show up on either my Cash Magnet or SimplyCash Plus. Funny thing is that this would actually be more useful to me than the otherwise-better “pay your cell phone bill 3x and get $55 back” offer that IS showing up on my SimplyCash, just because I pay semi-annually and am already paid up until May. Ah well.