Update 6/13/22: Deal is back, this time it’s for 15% back at Gas Stations and Airlines through 7/10/22. Max $5 per transaction at gas station. Max $65 max per transaction on airlines. (ht Ostrich Rider)
Update 4/25/22: Deal is back, this time for 15% back at gas stations, can be used multiple times, up to $5 per transaction. Expires May 22 2022. (ht joko_hellomoto)
Update 11/22/21: Deal is back on some Wells Fargo cards for 10%/10x on your first Grocery purchase and your first Gas purchase. Limit $40 this time per category. Expires 1/2/22. Hat tip to reader Fred
Update 10/4/21: Deal is back on some Wells Fargo cards for 10% back/10x points on your first Grocery purchase and first Restaurant purchase. Other cards are showing a similar offer for Air Travel and Restaurants. Max $50/5,000 points per category, or $100 total. Expires 10/31/21. Hat tip to reader Chris
Update 5/17/21: Deal is back and valid through 6/13. Hat tip to gato
Update 4/12/21: Another round went out, valid through April 18, 2021. Hat tip to reader Youngestofallthebuck
Update 1/18/21: Another round went out, valid through February 14, 2021. Hat tip to reader JJ
Update 11/23/20: Another round went out, valid through January 3, 2021. The offer sent in was for gas and grocery; there might be other versions too. (ht reader CT)
Update 10/3/20: Back again until October 11, 2020. Hat tip to Jeff68005
Update 8/1/20: Another round went out for August, valid through August 30th. Seems to come out monthly. This time it’s either for grocery & restaurants or for grocery and wholesale clubs (whereas in the past it was always grocery & gas). Can only be used once at each category – max out with a $400 purchase or gift card purchase. Updated below. (hat tip to reader Chris)
Update 6/29/20: Another round has gone out. Hat tip to kevbot19
Update 4/13/20: Another round has gone out. Valid until May 10th, 2020.
Update 3/17/20: Another round was released, this one valid through April 12th. (ht reader Howard)
Update 11/19/19: Another round, this one valid through December 15th. (ht Chris)
Update 8/2/19: Another offer came out for August. This time, it can only be used in one shot. (ht Jonathan)
The Offer
Check your Wells Fargo Go Far Rewards login for one of the following offers:
- Get 10 points per dollar (worth at least 10% back) on your first grocery store purchase. Max 4,000 points ($40).
- Get 10 points per dollar (worth at least 10% back) on your first restaurant purchase. Max 4,000 points ($40).
- Get 10 points per dollar (worth at least 10% back) on your first wholesale club purchase. Max 4,000 points ($40).
- Get 10 points per dollar (worth at least 10% back) on your first gas purchase. Max 4,000 points ($40).
The Fine Print
- Must activate offer to qualify.
- (First purchase only – check the terms)
- Expires August 31, 2019.
- Grocery offer is valid in-store or online.
- Grocery stores exclude warehouse clubs and supercenters.
- Bonus Cash Rewards will be added to your Rewards Account within 30 days of purchase.
Our Verdict
10% back at grocery stores and gas stations is great. It should work based on whatever Visa codes as Grocery or Gas; you can check the Visa Supplier Locator for specific locations. Max this out with a $400 in purchases.
Similar offer was around in June; though that one was for 15% back. I believe last month’s offer was able to be used across multiple shopping trips, this one should be the same.
Hat tip to reader Jonathan
Anybody finding that it’s taking longer for the bonus rewards to post? Last month it took 3 days and now I’m waiting a week with the same merchant.
Same here. My first two gas purchases bonuses with this round posted after like 2-3 days, so I thought no issues at all at first. My most recent gas purchases bonuses haven’t posted yet though and it’s been like 4 days.
Seems to be taking 5 to 6 days now but for me they have all been posting
Has anyone successfully used this if it shows up and can be activated under Wells Fargo Rewards (100+ offers) but there’s no indication on the card itself (just 2 “Deals”)? I’ve been transferred 6 times between customer service departments, all of whom claim to have no idea what the offer is or that it’s someone else’s area.
You should be good. The previous offers work exactly like you describe. It shows under Go Far Rewards not under the card deals.
The gas bonus also works for Tesla Superchargers.
Did it trigger the bonus immediately for you? Still waiting after my supercharger fee posted.
The offer is “earn 15 Bonus Pts/$1 on multiple purchases at gas stations, up to maximum rewards of 500 Bonus Points per transaction, and earn 15 Bonus Pts/$1 on multiple purchases of air travel, up to maximum rewards of 6500 Bonus Points per transaction. ” That is not the same as max $5/$65 purchase.
Any data points for how to cash the airline credit without flying? Has anyone tested luck with buying gift cards from airlines and having that work?
Gift cards from AA may work… that’s a common use for BoA PR card holders to use to trigger the $100 travel incidental reimbursement. Be the DP :)?
gc yes works…
These Wells Fargo offers of late have been incredible. I gotta be nearing $550 from them so far thus year
I’d like to get even one. Ugh.
“Earn 15 Bonus Pts/$1 on multiple purchases of gas (up to maximum rewards of 500 Bonus Points per transaction) and air travel (up to maximum rewards of 6500 Bonus Points per transaction)”
Wouldn’t that mean $33 of gas per transaction and $433 of airfare?
The $5 cap per transaction kills it for me. Maybe this will be a backup if I hit the monthly cap on the JetBlue Plus 5X promo. Works out to about the same value
It’s 5$ on gas but 65$ back on air travel
Savings aren’t worth the increased risk of having 0 protections IMO
Minor inconvenience for me to save an extra $10 (vs 5% card). My tank takes over $100 these days so I do $33 transactions, one after the other.
This offer is good for almost a month so I’ll save at least $30, likely more. I’ll take every penny of gas savings I can these days.
Yep. Got close to $50 back on gas for the wife and I last round. Minor inconvenience to just stop the pump at $33, and the restart on a new fillup
If I didn’t have a line 8 cars long behind me at Sam’s, I might consider it. I usually save 5-10% anyway just going to Sam’s, so credit card rewards are just extra icing
I go to Sam’s and it takes less than 30 seconds to put the nozzle back, end transaction, then scan the QR with (card already loaded) and initiate the second one.
That said, I understand it’s not for everyone, especially if you’re already getting 10% elsewhere.
I don’t use Scan & Go. I have to physically swipe my card if I want my station to code correctly as gas. Those transactions take longer for the system to process. I’d also have to do 3 separate transactions to fill up my car. After spending 15-20 minutes in line, the last thing I want to do is spend extra time at the pump when I don’t have to. I’m already getting 8.4% w/ my Custom Cash and 5% off all Sam’s Club transactions via Citi offers. The difference between this offer and what I’m doing now is only 2.6%.
If people want to spend the extra time for the savings, more power to them. Definitely not worth my time though
Interesting that some fuel stations don’t code correctly. I agree it would be more of a pain in the butt to have to physically keep swiping.
Curious, how are you getting 8.4% with your Citi Custom Cash? Are you using your own CPP value re: travel redemption? What I can tell it’s 5% Citi CC + 5% Citi offer, which is 10% (5% and not 2.6%).
I didn’t know about the 5% Citi offers though, thanks for that.
My fuel baseline is 4% with my Costco Citi card so this is a +11% boost. In your shoes I probably wouldn’t bother with 2.6% difference unless I had a long commute with a gas guzzler.
Did not receive any Wells Fargo rewards offer to be activated in the Earn More Mall since March/April in both P1 and P2 accounts.
Incidentally, there is not even a single Amex Offer showing in the Wells Fargo deals page of my Propel account. This page used to have ~100 Amex Offers until a few months ago.
Thanks!