Aside from the temporary Amex Offer deals that we post so often, we’ve also written numerous posts explaining certain aspects of these offers. To make it easier to find the permanent info, we’ll put it all here in one place. We’ll also keep this list up-to-date with any future articles or changes.
- AmEx Offers: An Introduction & Profitable Examples This is the place to start to see the basics of Amex Offers; which cards have these offers, where to find the offers, and how it’s possible to use them or even profit from them. Also, check out the Amex Offer FAQ page and this Frequentmiler guide to learn more.
- How To Sign Up For Multiple American Express Sync Offers The real value of Amex Offers is in multiplying your savings/profit by each eligible Amex card you have. This can be done by having each card synced with a separate Twitter account or by opening multiple tabs in the Amex login. Be sure to open all the tabs first since after saving one it will disappear from the rest.
- Do Amex Offer Deals Work on the Purchase of Gift Cards? It really depends on the offer. Some offers allow gift cards and some don’t. Also, some exclude only e-gift cards but allow physical gift cards.
- How To Automate Enrolling In AmEx Sync Offers If you are a heavy user of Amex Offers, you might want to automate the system so that your cards get all publicly available offers from Twitter without any effort. After the initial setup, all offers should get saved automatically.
- How to Make an Offer Magically Reappear If you save the offer on one card via the Amex login, it will disappear from the other cards in that login. Luckily, you can usually get the offer to reappear by opening a new Amex login or by removing the card which has the offer from the existing login.
- If you forgot to save the offer on a card or if you find out about an offer soon after shopping at the merchant, try saving it immediately to the card and it might work to trigger the offer, especially if it’s still the same day the card was used.
- Do I Need To Make A Single Purchase For AmEx Offers, Or Is It Cumulative? This is one of the most common questions about Amex Offers. In reality, it depends on the language of the offer; sometimes the terms specify that it needs to be one purchase, and other times they indicate that you can make multiple purchases to reach the total.
- Do Electronic Wallets Trigger the Offer Credit? The terms of Amex Offers recommend not using an electronic wallet (e.g. Paypal) since that won’t trigger the Offer credit. In practice, it seems to vary by the wallet; some run the transactions on their own system and it doesn’t come through to Amex as being done directly with the merchant, yet others merely facilitate the transaction and it comes through as the merchant itself. Paypal and Samsung Pay don’t work, but others like Visa Checkout and Apple Pay seem to be working.
- How Much Are AmEx Offers Worth Annually? The actual value will obviously vary by person and by the year, but it’s worth estimating these annual recurring values when deciding whether an Amex card is worth its annual fee.
- Amex Offer Credit Not Posting, What to Do? Amex Offer credits usually post within a few days to the account. If that doesn’t happen, there are various options to try getting the credit, including chat, Twitter, and a couple of phone numbers.
- How Does American Express Decide Who Receives What AmEx Sync Offer? Many Amex Offers are targeted at specific cardholders. There are various reasons for this; it’s sometimes based on geographic area or other demographics factors.
- What Happens When You Have Two Active AmEx Offers For The Same Store? It’s rare, but occasionally you might have two Amex Offers for the same store active on your card at the same time. When this happens, you can get credit for both of them with a single purchase.
- If you got a new card number on your Amex due to fraud or any other reason, you might lose all the offers saved on the card. It seems to depend on which type of card it is; ‘real’ Amex cards apparently get the Offers transferred over, but third-party Amex cards or prepaid Amex cards will lose any unused offers. In all cases, you’ll have to re-sync the new card number with Twitter (if you use the Twitter method). A new expiration or security code should not be problematic, however.
- We’d be remiss not to mention the well-known Small Business Saturday offer from Amex. For a number of years, they basically gave out free money, ranging from $10 to $30, on each card that enrolled in the offer. In 2015, they sent out a much more targeted offer on certain personal and business cards. We’ll have to see what they do in coming years when it happens. (Previous SBS offers: 1, 2, 3.)
- If you’re reviewing which Amex Offers you’ve used, use the old Amex interface since the new one is buggy.
