The Offer
- Get 2x Membership Rewards (MR) points on all Amazon purchases using an enrolled card
- Valid until July 31, 2016
You should see this offer in your login on any MR-earning card. Some people were seeing this offer last week when it went live before the deal was valid; it wasn’t able to be saved at the time, but it’s saving fine now.
The Fine Print
- Valid 3/22/16 – 7/31/16
- Limit 1 enrolled card per Amex online account (using the multi-tab trick should probably get you more cards, YMMV)
Our Verdict
2x MR on Amazon isn’t all that great as there are cards that give 3x – 5x rewards, see Best Credit Cards For Amazon Purchases – Up to 5x Points/5% Cash Back. It’s also possible to buy Amazon gift cards at discounted prices as well.
Still worth keeping in mind if you want to buy something on an Amex card for the added protections or for heavy Amazon shoppers.
Remember that, when meeting the requirements, the Everyday card gets a 20% MR bonus and the Everyday Preferred card gets a 50% MR bonus. The total will be at least 2.5 MR per dollar on the Preferred card, and, hopefully, 3 MR per dollar if the Amex Offer gets bonused as well. At 3x, this can be a contender for top card for Amazon purchases.
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View more Amex offers here & see these posts to learn more about Amex Offers:
- 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?
Don’t forget 5X using Ink to buy Amazon gift cards at Staples/Office Depot.
5x UR with Ink+ at Staples or from PayPal Digital gifts or through Gyft (paying with Ink+ via PayPal) still seems the best non-CB deal.
” When we calculate the extra points benefit for Amex EveryDay® Card products, points awarded under this offer will not be included.”
I’m assuming then that the additional 20% bonus is NOT in fact available for this promo. Still better than nothing though.
Thanks, I missed that line. Let me update.
If it was 3 MR points, then it would be interesting, but I still wouldn’t go for it.
Current best all around way is purchasing Amazon gift card through MPX using At&t Access More. You will earn 3x TYP and 2x UA mile. More if you have UA credit cards.
If you have Amex PRG, wouldn’t it be a better option to buy Amazon gift card through the mileage plus X app, and get United miles in addition to 3x MR points since mileage plus X codes as airline on Amex?
Makes sense. EDP can still make sense for purchases that you want to put directly on a credit card.
Personal experience and other peoples’ datapoints suggest that Mileage Plus X app purchases no longer get 3X MR points. It still codes as an airline, but no longer receives bonus credit.
I can confirm. I haven’t been earning 3x MR on MPX purchases since the beginning of the year.