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The Offer
- Get 7,500 additional Membership Reward points one-time by using your enrolled card to make a single purchase of $500+ for a prepaid hotel booking online at amextravel.com by 9/30/2017.
- Some people are seeing the same offer but for 10,000 points with the same spend requirement of $500. Obviously this makes the deal better by 2,500 points (I haven’t updated the our verdict section, but I’m sure you can work it out)
The Fine Print
- Excludes Fine Hotels & Resorts
- Targeted offer, must use an enrolled card
Our Verdict
You need to spend the $500 in a single purchase. Both the Personal & Business versions of the American Express Platinum cards earn 5x points on AmexTravel hotel bookings, so if you spend exactly $500 you’d earn another 2,500 points bringing you to a total of 10,000 points for $500 in spend (20x points per $1 spent). That’s obviously a best case scenario though (spending exactly $500 and having American Express Platinum cards). Keep in mind the Fine Hotels & Resorts exclusion and also the fact that you won’t earn elite night stay credits or have your loyalty recognized at most chain hotels.
How useful this offer is really depends on how much you value Membership Rewards points and also how close to $500 you can spend. Personally I prefer to save with Hotels.com, but will keep this in mind if I have any stays close to $500 total. They have also had cashback deals in the past (most recent was spend $600, get $100 back).
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View more Amex offers here & if you have any questions abut American Express offers then read this post.
- AmEx Offers: An Introduction & Profitable Examples
- How To Sign Up For Multiple American Express Sync Offers
- Amex Offer Credit Not Posting, What to Do?
- How Does American Express Decide Who Receives What AmEx Sync Offer?
- Do I Need To Make A Single Purchase For AmEx Offers, Or Is It Cumulative?
- What Happens When You Have Two Active AmEx Offers For The Same Store?
- Amex Offers: Do Electronic Wallets Trigger the Offer Credit?
