Public Offer
Direct Link (open incognito)
- Apply for the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express and get 50,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $5,000 within the first three months from approval
Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.
Targeted Offer #1
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
Many people are seeing this offer now. Others get the error message: “We’re sorry, but our systems are currently down. Please consider applying by phone by calling 1-800-519-OPEN, or try again later after exploring our current offers.” This means you aren’t targeted.
If you aren’t seeing the offer, try on mobile or try logging in first before clicking the above link; some had success with these variations.
Targeted Offer #2
Other readers are reporting receiving another targeted offer (either via mail or by logging in and visiting this link). The offer is as follows:
- Apply for the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express and get 75,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $10,000 within the first three months from approval
Thanks to reader @NoelRunkle
Card Details
Annual fee is waived the first year; second year and on there is an annual fee of $175. Authorized user cards cost an extra $50 for the first one, then free to add any number of cards.
Earning:
- 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
The public offer is pretty good, but not the best. As noted, there’s currently a targeted offer of 75,000 points. The targeted offer we wrote about a couple weeks ago, the public offer is new.
Personally, I hold out for the best bonus with Amex since there’s a limit of once-per-lifetime, but some might go for the 50k deal, especially given the annual fee is waived the first year.
We don’t know how long the public offer will be around; the targeted offer shows an expiration of September 30, 2016.
Check out the post 19 Things Everybody Should Know About American Express before applying.
