#AmexGift $10 off $200 Amex Gift Cards

Contents

1 The Offer
2 The Fine Print
3 Our Verdict

The Offer

Spend $200 or more on Amex gift cards at americanexpress.com/gift, pay with your registered Amex card, and receive a $10 statement credit.

This offer is available with by tweeting #AmexGift with a connected Twitter account or by saving it in your Amex login.

The Fine Print

Valid 9/8/16 through 12/31/16
Offer valid online only at americanexpress.com/gift, not valid in-store
If you order an item during the offer period but it is not provided until after 12/31/2015 it may not count for this offer (more about that here)
Excludes logo & gift cheque purchases
$200 threshold can be done in one transaction or multiple transactions

Our Verdict

This offer comes up often and – aside from the sizable hassle of dealing with $200 cards – it could be a good deal to lock in a 5% discount everywhere. (Last time the deal was just $5 off $200, but it’s usually $10 off.)

The thing to beware of is the fees associated with buying Amex gift cards:

Shipping fee of $8.95. If you have the premium shipping plan with Amex, shipping is free. And you can get a 90-day free trial. Or use promo code: FREESHIP16 to waive the fee.
Purchase fee of $3.95. Use promo code: FEE16 or SEPTB2C200 to waive the fee.

Important note: you can only use one promo code per order.

As an alternative, you can go through a shopping portal to buy Amex gift cards and get 1.5% back, but then you can’t use a promo code, so promo code is usually better for low-dollar orders.

If you can get the cards completely fee-free then you’ll be netting the $10 offer credit (5%) by purchasing $200 Amex gift cards with each of your registered Amex cards. They can also make a great gift for the upcoming holiday season.

Bear in mind, however, that you may be losing by paying with your registered Amex card versus paying with a credit card that earns higher rewards. For example, if you buy a $200 Amex gift cards on the Amex Blue Cash card you’re only getting back 1% in rewards, versus the 2% you could have earned on that spend by using a 2% card. In the end, you’re only gaining $8 per offer, not $10.

If you don’t have the free shipping plan, choose the personalized gift card option and you’ll be able to order a gift card in the amount of $198 which will be eligible for the cheaper $2 shipping fee.

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007 (@guest_319169)

November 24, 2016 13:03

#319169

In case it helps anyone, shipping is free currently on $200 consumer business cards (non-personalized, no specific codes).

Still doesn’t seem particularly worth it in terms of liquidation but you would get full $10 off $200 on the offer with NOFEE16 code of similar.

andres17 (@guest_293427)

September 9, 2016 21:20

#293427

This would have been great if I still had the free shipping. If I remember correctly, you can only use one code, so using the free shipping code would maximize the profit. $10 – $3.95 gives a profit of $6 MINUS opportunity cost of 2% or $4 (assuming Amex doesn’t give you points), and you get a NET PROFIT of $2. Not worth the time of liquidating these cards with real purchases, unless I’m missing something.

atricus (@guest_293751)

September 11, 2016 13:32

#293751

andres17

You can always get another 90 days trial of the free shipping with a different log in. if not you can buy The Preferred Gift Cards from American Express for a reduced fee plus it tracks with topcashback. So if you get another 90 days trial and use a coupon for the fee you could be making 5% plus points and maybe portal cash back. If you are willing to pay a fee to easily cash them you can use plastiq for a 2.5% fee.

Tim (@guest_293250)

September 9, 2016 08:03

#293250

Hmmm strange to read the above comment from thedimt about not earning points for this purchase. I wouldn’t bother with just the $10 off but if I can earn 5x Hilton points this would be a great deal.

Anyone else have insight?

Lantean (@guest_293270)

September 9, 2016 10:09

#293270

Tim

i could swear last time they had the promo i did earn points on the purchase… and i also got cashback despite using promo code.

i’ll try it again on my SPG card, i’ll post the result here.

Justin (@guest_293379)

September 9, 2016 16:37

#293379

Lantean

I did a custom $198 with a promo for no purchase fee and TopCashBack confirmed it tracking at $2.97.

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Chuck(@chucksithe)

September 11, 2016 12:53

#293738

Justin

TXOil (@guest_293077)

September 8, 2016 18:55

#293077

Does anyone know if MR are earned when purchasing these cards? I have a 2x offer i’d like to use with Platinum

thedimt (@guest_293122)

September 8, 2016 21:51

#293122

TXOil

In my experience no MR are earned, I purchased a card a few months ago for a legitimate gift. Oddly, csr did count it when telling me how much I had left on minimum spend, but I wouldn’t count on that, just like some people having annual fees count.