[Targeted] American Express Gold 40,000 Point Upgrade Offer

Update 2/15/21: Showing again. Hat tip to San

Update 8/8/20 This upgrade offer is showing for people again. Hat tip to Toastbuns

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The Offer

  • Some American Express green cardholders are being offered 40,000 Membership Rewards points after $2,000 in spend within the first three months when they upgrade their card to the American Express Gold card.

Card Details

  • Annual fee of $250 NOT waived first year
  • Card will earn at the following rates:
    • 4x points at U.S. Restaurants
    • 4x points at U.S. supermarkets (up to $25,000 in spend per calendar year)
    • 3x points for flights booked directly with airlines
    • 1x points on all other purchases
  • $120 dining credit. This is a $10 monthly credit that can be used at Grubhub, Seamless, The Cheesecake Factory, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Shake  Shack
  • $100 airline fee credit
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Full American Express Gold card review can be found here.

Our Verdict

If you have any questions about upgrade offers, please read this post before asking any questions. General American Express questions are likely answered here. You should be able to get the bonus points from this offer even if you’ve held the Gold card before, so might be worth considering from that perspective as you’d normally not be able to get a sign up bonus like this again.

Hat tip to LumpyLump76

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mk712
mk712 (@guest_1424979)
August 14, 2022 09:34

I noticed a 60,000 point upgrade offer today (Personal Green => Personal Gold). I couldn’t find any post about it or mention of it in any comment here so it might be new?

Interestingly the offer didn’t show up under the Amex Offers section (the only upgrade offer there was a 75,000 upgrade offer to the Platinum), but it showed up on the Gold page when browsing the cards on the Amex website. I’ve had the Gold card before and I seem to be in popup jail anyway, so I jumped on the offer.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/FelZeGn

Notice how there’s two “Explore Upgrade” tabs on one of the screenshots: one was for the Gold, one for the Platinum.

Nigel
Nigel (@guest_1343940)
March 6, 2022 15:13

I noticed that there’s a new offer on my Amex green card called ‘A New Way To Go Gold’, which merits 40000 MR points to upgrade to gold with $2000 spend in the first three months. But after I clicked ‘Upgrade Card’ button, I was diverted to a mediocre 15000 bonus points card upgrade card.

Oh well, I THINK there is another round of upgrade offer coming, but not sure whether it is actually just a glitch of Amex coding bugs.

veeRob
veeRob (@guest_1246958)
September 1, 2021 01:24

Not sure if this warrants a new post, but figured I’d add my DP here. Logged in and noticed an upgrade offer from my Amex Green to Gold. Only 15k points after $1k spend, but I took it as it’s a way more useful card than Green.

 William Charles

Henry
Henry (@guest_1220559)
July 9, 2021 18:37

This offer showed up for me in my account today and had no lifetime language.

FN
FN (@guest_1197964)
May 29, 2021 22:58

Has the airline credit been taken away despite me signing up last year? I don’t see the airline credit meter.

Kafka
Kafka (@guest_1218186)
July 6, 2021 11:12
  FN

Current terms state that if you opened a Gold before 4 Feb 2021, you get the airline credit through 31 Dec 2021.

Edward
Edward (@guest_1186463)
May 4, 2021 19:16

Just got this exact offer in my email today. My AF is coming up this month on my Green card. I’ll pass as I’ve seen a 75K Gold offer

WR2
WR2 (@guest_1177398)
April 15, 2021 21:58

Noticed today that my longstanding 15k green to gold upgrade offer changed to 40k/$2k. Accepted.

Pointz
Pointz (@guest_1147987)
February 20, 2021 13:55

Got lousy 15,000 offer. If it was 25,000 I would go for it.

Chris
Chris (@guest_1146166)
February 17, 2021 13:28

Not an UPGRADE offer, but on the Amex Biz No Fee card Got a similar offer for the Business GOLD 90K… On an account that denied me the Schwab Plat, Reg Plat, and I think another card over the past year via the Popup. I applied just to see what would happen and got approved. Hopefully the offer is tied properly =)

Mike
Mike (@guest_1145528)
February 16, 2021 10:22

Is it possible to get this offer even if you currently hold a Gold biz?

Dave C
Dave C (@guest_1175917)
April 13, 2021 22:07

I didn’t get the 40k but got a 25k one while holding a gold