[Expired] AmEx Offers: Best Buy, Spend $250 & Get $25 Statement Credit

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• Puzzling. It didn't work for me yet.
  I added the offer to my Amex blue cash preferred card. Then a few days later purchased in-store a $200 Amazon GC and a $50 Home Depot GC.

  $250 transaction at Best Buy physical store on 12/21. This morning on 12/30 the offer is obviously expired 4 days ago but nothing related to this redeemed offer under savings.

  I'd call but the terms state, what 2 statements for credit? Not valid on gift cards? Instant cancellation and jail time if somebody at AMEX thinks you're gaming the system? GCs for merchants I will be purchasing from anyway over the next couple of months. (Although 5% back from Chase @ Amazon would have been better than buying at face value)

  • Update - It did post what felt like forever. Purchase on 12/21. Nothing to reflect usage. Then *bam* on 1/10 a $25 credit and an entry in the savings tab.

  • Sometimes it takes some time. I don’t think that buying the gift cards excluded you. As long as your total was 250 or more by the expiration date, it should work.

• Bought 250 Delta GC with 25 BBY GC free earlier this week; no credit posted yet and no email about offer being used.

  • Hi did you buy physical GC or EGC? I bought EGC on Dec 25 and so far no credit :(

  • Check under the savings tab on the desktop or under the added section on the app. Sometimes it shows there a day or two before the credit actually posts. Emails are hit or miss.

    • Yep, the offer itself shows as unused so far. Fingers crossed.

      • @guest_1739109 - you were right, the offer now shows as having been used a couple of days later.

        • When did you make a purchase? I did 2 on 2 different accounts on 12/22. One already got the credit (including email) the other has no movement (nothing under savings, offer still shows as expiring today). Also bought Delta GC at BB.

        • @guest_1765221 Are the two accounts separate people, different SS#?

        • Yes, P1 and P2

        • I bought on 12/12

• Just got this for the first time today.

  • Excludes gift cards.

  • +1 on 2 cards. Very short exp date of 12/26.

• If I buy a 3rd party giftcard like for disney, will this trigger the offer?

  • $25 credit posted today. So yes it works on 3rd party GCs for sure.

  • I did a 200 amazon eGC and a 50 disney eGC and I got the email from Amex a few hours later. I also went through RMN for hopefully another 4% cashback which is not yet pending but usually takes about a day to show up.

• The iPad 9th generation is 249.99. If I go to the store and buy the iPad with Amazon card. Would that trigger the 25?

  • First, you'd want to pay with the Amex card ;)

    But as long as the charge is over $250 (assuming tax), it would trigger the $25 offer.

    • So a gift card in store would trigger it.

      • Yes, it does trigger it. BB CC sends offers as well (if you use their cc). Although, buying an iPad with a g. card would leave not protection on that iPad.. assuming you'd keep it rather than sell it for profit..

      • It has for me. Amex doesn't know what you're buying.

• Saw this on the Amex app this morning, when I got home 2hr later, it disappeared.

  • Yeah, those enrollment limited offers have to be added right away. They seem to go faster and faster.

• Anyone have any DP on third party egift (or physical for delivery) cards from bestbuy.com?

  • Should work as long as it's done through best buy's normal checkout. AFAIK the only thing that would cause an issue is if you buy Best Buy digital gift card , since that goes through cash star checkout.

• Zilch, bummer

• My offer says gift cards excluded.

• Thank you DOC. Got it one 2 cards.