The Offer
- Receive $1 back on all purchases of $1 or more when you tap to pay using your American Express Serve Account in your Isis Wallet
[Read: An introduction to Isis Wallet & Isis Serve]
The Fine Print
- Valid for purchases made between March 1st, 2014 and December 31st, 2014
- Limit of $50 per calendar month
- Some purchases are excluded, for example: parking lots, garages and transit providers
- Only for purchases made using contact-less payment, transactions made using the plastic card will not count
- Multiple purchases at the same location can be combined into a single transaction depending on the merchant
- Statement credit should be applied promptly but allow up to 30 days
- If a transaction is cancelled or reversed then statement credit card be taken back
Our Verdict
To get the most value out of this promotion you’ll want to try to find items that are as close to $1 as possible. Most places do not accept contactless payments at the moment but you can see merchants that do by using Isis’ tool found here. Here are some ideas of how people have been using this promotion:
- Dollar menu at McDonald’s
- Vending machine
- Use self check out at register and do one item at a time
- Split payments, ask your cashier if they can split payment over a number of transactions. This will require a patient cashier, please do not do it when there is a line.
We haven’t seen any shutdowns of people abusing this, but obviously do this at your own risk. I value access to my ISIS Serve account highly due to it’s potential for manufactured spending and I don’t want to risk that, as such I won’t be only using contact less payments on a bunch of $1 items.
If you haven’t already, make sure you also get your $50 bonus for doing two direct deposits of $250 or more.
