[Expired] Buy American Express Gift Cards Online with No Purchase or Shipping Fees

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The Offer

Buy American Express Gift Cards Online

• Get shipping and purchase fees waived on an American Express gift card purchase online using promo code: AXPGIFT18

This offer is being sent out via email in relation to a class action lawsuit, but in reality it’s just a regular promo code which waives the fees for anyone on the purchase or American Express gift cards online. It only works when purchasing less than $200 worth of gift cards (e.g. a single $100 gift card, or 7 $25 gift cards). You can also choose the personalized gift card option – which allows a custom denomination – and choose $199.99, and use the code to waive the purchase fee. Once your order is $200+, it requires special shipping methods and promo code does not waive that fee.

The Fine Print

• $0 Purchase Fee on Gift Cards and Free Standard Shipping with code AXPGIFT18.
• Offer valid 4/1/18-8/1/18 with promotion code at checkout and cannot be combined with other offers.
• Free or discounted shipping will not be provided if customer chooses a shipping option other than Standard Shipping.
• Offer only valid on americanexpress.com/gift and does not apply to National Parks, United Way, Children’s Health Fund Gift Cards, Business Gift Cards, or Logo Reward Cards.
• Please note that a promotion code provided in connection with a particular offer on americanexpress.com/gift is intended only for use by the recipient of the offer and is not valid on purchases made through any third party sites.
• In order to have all purchase fees and shipping/handling fees waived, you are limited to the purchase of one $25, $50, or $100 Personal Gift Card, and you must select standard shipping.

Our Verdict

It’s quite common for there to be promo codes to waive either the shipping fee or the activation fee, but to get all fees waived is a novelty. That said, this deal is fairly useless since there doesn’t seem to be any portals available (did they just remove it for this offer?). Furthermore, you’d have to order one $100 gift card at a time to scale this – when ordering multiple $100 gift cards in an order you can’t get the shipping fee waived.

If they come out with an Amex Offer deal for Amex gift cards by the end of July, this promo code will become useful. Otherwise, it’s just a way to save a bit when buying a gift, or a way to rack up some spend toward a spend threshold without any fees (note: it won’t work for an Amex spend threshold, but should work for Visa/MC spend).

Hat tip to reader Ryan and to SD