New American Express Authorized User Bonuses – List Of Offers & Everything You Need To Know

This was originally posted on October 16th, 2017. Reposting on November 12th, 2017 because offers on the Platinum card have been sent out.

Note, these offers are different to the ones previously offered (e.g new expiration dates). A lot of cardholders are being targeted even if they were targeted before.

Contents

1 The Offers
2 What You Should Know
3 F.A.Q
- 3.1 Does being added as an authorized user prevent you from getting the sign up bonus?
- 3.2 Who needs to spend the money to trigger the bonus?
4 Our Verdict

The Offers

American Express Platinum

No direct link. Hat tip to Miles to Memories

Add an authorized user and earn 5,000 bonus points when they spend $500+. Can add a total of four authorized users for a maximum of 20,000 points.

Hilton Honors Surpass

Direct link to offer Hat tip to reader @Wizmanison

Add an authorized user and earn 5,000 bonus points when they spend $250+. Can add a total of four authorized users for a maximum of 20,000 points.

Blue Cash Everyday

Hat tip to reader @jtgtix

Add an authorized user and receive $25 points when they spend $250+. Can add a total of 4 authorized users for a maximum of $100.

Premier Rewards Gold

Hat tip to reader @kkfr888

Add an authorized user and earn 5,000 bonus points when they spend $500+. Can add a total of four authorized users for a maximum of 20,000 points.

What You Should Know

If you aren’t targeted, call American Express to see if they can add the offer to your account. This is usually possible. At the moment the direct links don’t seem to be working either, so calling in regardless of whether you received an e-mail or not seems like it’s required.
SSN is not required when you add an authorized user, but you need to provide one within 60 days of account opening (people have been denied the bonus in the past for not providing this in time)
American Express authorized user accounts do count towards your Chase 5/24 status/total.

F.A.Q

Does being added as an authorized user prevent you from getting the sign up bonus?

No, you can be added as an authorized and then sign up for the card as the primary cardholder and still receive the sign up bonus.

Who needs to spend the money to trigger the bonus?

Authorized user needs to complete the spend requirement. Keep in mind authorized users have their own unique card number so this is easy to track. It’s highly unlikely that spend completed by the primary cardholder will trigger the bonus.