Looks to be dead again unfortunately.
Originally posted 8/29/16, updated and reposted 4/19/17 since offer has been extended through June. Updating and reposting again on 08/24/17 as we found a new link thanks to reader John M. Please make sure to double check your own offer after loggin in.Â
The Offer
Direct Link (Amex login required)
- Apply for the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express and get 75,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $5,000 within the first three months from approval
Application must be received by December 10th, 2017 (originally it was September 2016, then January 2017, then June 2017, now December 10th, 2017).
Many people are seeing this offer now. Others get the error message: ““We are sorry, but you are not eligible for this offer. To learn about other offers that may be available to you, please call the number on the back of your Card.” This means you aren’t targeted.
If you aren’t seeing the offer, reader Nancy gives us two tips to help possibly get it:
- Login to your Amex account first, then click the link above
- Try the link on mobile
Card Details
Annual fee is waived the first year; second year and on there is an annual fee of $175.
- 3X points on one category of your choice from the list below:
-Airfare purchased directly from airlines
-U.S. purchases for advertising in select media
-U.S. purchases at gas stations
-U.S. purchases for shipping
-U.S. computer hardware, software, and cloud computing purchases made directly from select providers - 2X points on the 4 remaining categories
- 1X points on other purchases
3X and 2X apply to the first $100,000 in purchases in each of the 5 categories per year, 1X point per dollar thereafter.
Our Verdict
This is the best offer we’ve seen for BGR. More often this targeted offer comes with a 10k spend requirement, but it has been around before with the lower 5k spend requirement.
Even better is that this offer doesn’t show the infamous Amex lifetime limit, and it should be possible to get the bonus even if you’ve gotten it previously.
Being that the annual fee is waived the first year, it’s well worth considering applying for the card if you get the offer. Check out the post 19 Things Everybody Should Know About American Express before applying.
Clicking the link doesn’t work anymore….says offer is no longer available (even though it’s not Dec 10th yet)
FYI, I just got this as a targeted offer (with code) in the mail
Any landing page?
Just says open.com/applybusinessgold which then asks for the RSVP code from the mailter
Thanks for the info =)
Link appears to be dead again, same message as az.
Thanks, updating post.
Thank you for your interest in this offer. At this time this offer is no longer available.
Link was giving me “You’re not eligible” for the past week. Tried again today and I got it to work.
Did you do anything different or do you just attribute it to random luck.
Will this be your second business gold card?
I received this offer by mail today – 75,000 for the business gold rewards card, offer expires on 10/27/2017. I previously already received offer 150,000 for the business platinum card expiring on 9/22/2017.
But my Experian is already 15 inquiries I don’t think I will apply.
Hi Jason,
If you have no plans on using the 150K mailer, I would put it to good use! I just called AMEX earlier to try to get the offer on my own, but was denied. If that’s cool, you can contact me at (https://www.reddit.com/user/tempredguy/).
Thanks!
Doc, I hope this message is okay!
Hi Jason, if you’re not going to use your 150K mailer, I will put it to use. My reddit user name is tempredguy.
Much obliged.
Hello Jason,
Have you/are you planning to use the 75k Business Gold Rewards offer? If not, I’ll use it 🙂 My Reddit ID is “m16p”, please message me there (or reply to this comment I suppose).
Thank you!
I have a bgr that I got a 75K/$5K on. would have loved to take that ride again but on login I got the below.
We are sorry, but you are not eligible for this offer. To learn about other offers that may be available to you, please call the number on the back of your Card. To go back to your account home page, click here.
Not eligible on any of my logins.. Once again. I never seem to be targeted. How do I do it? I seem to remember an old DoC post on that once..
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/ensure-youll-receive-pre-approved-offers/
I’m targeted but I don’t have a business. Sure, I’ve sold a couple things on ebay, but I don’t know if that would fly if Amex decided to do a financial review. Not sure if I should go for this card or not. Does it count against 5/24 for Chase? I’ve read that some business cards don’t count.
Amex does not report business cards. Capital One and Discover are the largest issuers that report them. Most don’t.
More info:
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/which-business-credit-cards-report/
Data Point: Pop up box stated I am not eligible for the offer. I have 1 Blue Cash Everyday that I signed up for 1 year ago. Use occasionally to earn 3% at grocery stores. Not much spend on it.
“We are sorry, but you are not eligible for this offer. To learn about other offers that may be available to you, please call the number on the back of your Card. To go back to your account home page, click here.”
Tried each method, not eligible.